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Five Rules for Black Cookouts … and Life

September 4, 2017 Staff 0

by Michael Harriot (The Root) As one of the world’s leading cookoutologists (I would say I’m the leading authority, but my aunt Phyllis hasn’t officially retired), I feel it is my duty to keep you […]

Editorials

Labor Day and Dr. King Should Always be in the Same Thought

September 4, 2017 Staff 0

The following first appeared on ESPN’s The Undefeated. by Dr. Kelley Evans “The labor movement did not diminish the strength of the nation but enlarged it. By raising the living standards of millions, labor miraculously […]

Lifestyle

Pullman Porter Museum on a Nationwide Search for Descendants

September 4, 2017 Staff 0

Are you a descendant of a Pullman Porter? Or dining car waiter? On August 25, 2017 the National A. Phillip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum celebrated the 92nd anniversary of the founding of the nation’s first […]

Local

Hurricane Irma to Track Toward US; Residents of East and Gulf Coasts Urged to Prepare Now

September 4, 2017 Staff 0

AccuWeather reports as Major Hurricane Irma churns across the northern Caribbean and towards the United States, residents along the Gulf and East coasts of the U.S. need to be on alert. Irma will blast the […]

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Business

Trump Treasury Secretary Won’t Commit to Putting Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

September 1, 2017 Staff 0

By Damian Paletta, washingtonpost.com Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday would not commit to carrying out the Obama administration’s plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, saying he had not made a decision […]

National

King Statue to Stand Alongside Confederates in Georgis Capital

September 1, 2017 Staff 0

by Johnny Kauffman On Monday, 54 years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech and less than a month after a counterprotester was killed following a demonstration by white […]

Political

Southern Heritage Group Files Defamation and Libel Suit Against Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee

August 31, 2017 Staff 0

In response to comments published by several individuals and groups, Save Southern Heritage – Florida (“SSH FL”) has launched a libel and defamation lawsuit that was filed this week the in Hillsborough Circuit Court. The lawsuit […]

Entertainment

Film Review: ‘Crown Heights’ Recounts Real-Life Miscarriage of Justice

August 31, 2017 Staff 0

By Kam Williams | The Skanner News. In the spring of 1980, Colin Warner (Lakeith Stanfield) was wrongfully accused of murder on the streets of Brooklyn by a 15 year-old juvenile delinquent (Skylan Brooks) who […]

Local

Ax Handle Saturday Remembered with Hope of a New Jacksonville

August 31, 2017 Staff 0

57 years ago on a seemingly normal day in Jacksonville, members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council had decided they had enough of second class citizenship. And, on […]

Sports

Fans Still Supportive Despite Jags Loss Against Panthers

August 30, 2017 admin 0

The Jacksonville Jaguars hosted the Carolina Panthers on Thursday, August 24th, at EverBank Field and were defeated, 24-23. Head Coach Doug Marrone named tenth-year veteran Chad Henne the starting QB for the team’s third preseason […]

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