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Month: October 2018

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Jax Dining Dialogue Blends Cultural Differences with Community Resolve

October 18, 2018 admin 0

Dining Experience Dialogue Engages Culture Differences and Tradition  “Community Suppers,” an initiative that OneJax and the Jacksonville Chamber are currently occurring throughout Jacksonville. The causal randomly organized dinners consist of a  small group of local […]

Religion

Men’s Day Celebration Focus on Faith, Fatherhood and the Fellowship through Music

October 18, 2018 admin 0

By Jeroline D. McCarthy – African American men have always been the foundations of the Black family, but that very foundation is often times under attack from various sources.  The Black church has historically been […]

OPED

Phi Deltas Kappa Starts New Class of High School Mentees

October 18, 2018 admin 0

Fellowship, education and transforming lives have always been guiding principals for the national sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (NSPDK) is a nonprofit, educational sorority founded by eight educators desiring to establish a sisterhood among […]

Community

EWC Students Excelling in Technology and Entrepreneurship

October 18, 2018 admin 0

By William Jackson – For African Americans, entrepreneurship has always been important as many Blacks struggled to find jobs after slavery and during the segregation era.  Madame CJ Walker, is known as the first Black […]

Local

Marsha Ambrosius and Maxwell Delight Local Fans On and Off the Stage

October 18, 2018 admin 0

By Lynn Jones This past weekend, soulful crooner Maxwell headlined his “50 Intimate Nights Live Tour” at the Times Union Center in front of a sellout crowd.  Stepping to the stage to start the evening […]

Local

Cruxificion Cited as a Top Breast Cancer Fundraising Team

October 18, 2018 admin 0

A local church is not only focusing on saving souls, but saving lives as well through its fundraising efforts and support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Team Crucifixion from the Church of the Crucifixion Catholic […]

Editorials

Bill Cosby, White Women, and American History

October 16, 2018 Staff 0

by Peter Bailey I will begin by admitting I am not and never have been a Bill Cosby fan. He turned me off with the somewhat smug attitude he displayed toward low income Black folks. […]

Editorials

Our Youth are “Headed for Self Destruction,” but We Can Stop It

October 16, 2018 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood “When a violent minority that crosses color lines comes to believe that killing those you know or do not know is a reasonable solution to problems, we are in need of another […]

Entertainment

Weinstein Charge Dropped, Cosby Supporters Cry Foul

October 16, 2018 Staff 0

Harvey Weinstein (Photo: Wikimedia Commons / David Shankbone) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Is Bill Cosby paying the price for all of the sins in the #MeToo era, even though his conviction […]

Lifestyle

These Dolls Are ‘Natural Girls United’

October 16, 2018 Staff 0

Hair by Karen Byrd, Natural Girls United By Janice Malone, Tennessee Tribune It seems that the old adage “necessity is the mother of invention” continues to ring true even in the 21st century, especially for […]

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