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What is a Black Identity Extremist?

October 15, 2017 Staff 0

By Julianne Malveaux (TriceEdneyWire.com) – While White men are beating Black men on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, while a lone White wolf is shooting people from the Mandalay Bay Hotel, while the word “terrorist” […]

Editorials

Black Americas Dreams of Homeownership Still Deferred

October 15, 2017 Staff 0

By Charlene Crowell The late Langston Hughes created a masterful body of poetry in the 20th Century that spoke about and to Black America’s unique experiences. Also an author and playwright, his words in all […]

Entertainment

Muhammad Ali Enterprises Sues Fox for $30 million

October 15, 2017 Staff 0

By Ahiza Garcia, CNN The company wants $30 million for Ali’s inclusion in a 3-minute Super Bowl commercial that ran on Fox this year. The suit alleges that the 3-minute video may have reached over […]

Local

Black Expo South Return for Food, Fun and Business

October 12, 2017 admin 0

The 16th annual Florida Black Expo returned to Jacksonville last weekend kicking off with the Black Expo Business Opportunity Summit. On Friday evening, local musical artist Akia Uwanda and Katzs Downstairs took over the stage at […]

Community

Local Girls Enjoy Brunch Tour with Panels, Workshops and Journey to Self-healing and Care

October 12, 2017 admin 0

The Girls Who Brunch Tour recently hosted 138 young ladies for a brunch design to cultivate, inspire and empower at risk girls between the ages of 9 – 17 years old. The teens and ‘tweens […]

Greek Life

Hundreds Fed and Educated in Durkeeville by AKAs

October 12, 2017 admin 0

This past weekend members of AKA Gamma Rho Omega Chapter hosted a Community Service Event at the Emmett Reed Community Center. The event is one of several activities being held for the community as part of […]

Local

Sharpton Visits First Coast For Alzheimer’s Awareness

October 12, 2017 admin 0

The Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Center was in the pulpit with Reverend Al Sharpton for the centers Community Alzheimer’s Awareness event held at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. Reverend Al Sharpton, Honorary chair of the African American […]

Editorials

We Americans Must Face our Addiction to Guns

October 10, 2017 Staff 0

by Jesse Jackson Fifty-nine dead and counting; 500 sent to hospitals. The deadliest mass shooting in modern American history took place Sunday in Las Vegas, as a lone gunman firing from a window on the […]

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Vegas Shootings Are a Reminder of How Much We Need Better Gun Control

October 10, 2017 Staff 0

The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives citizens the right to bear arms. It was ratified in December 1791, and the amendment says, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a […]

Education

President of Edward Waters College Announces 2018 Retirement, Acquires $8.5 Million as Part of His Legacy

October 10, 2017 Staff 0

Last week. the Jacksonville City Council voted to approve an $8.5 million Safe Neighborhood investment for Edward Waters College in its location in the blighted area of northwest Jacksonville. The City’s 2017-18 budget took effect […]

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