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Month: January 2019

Greek Life

Zeta’s Honor Legacy and Founders in Classic elegance

January 17, 2019 admin 0

By Lynn Jones Although the holiday season has passed, the Beta Alpha Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has plenty to celebrate.  The sorority held their annual Founders Day Tea last Saturday inside […]

Local

Gateway to Heaven Christian Church Celebrates 7th Anniversary and Founder’s Day

January 17, 2019 admin 0

Last Sunday, Gateway to Heaven Christian Church (GTHCC) celebrated their Seventh Church Anniversary and Founders Day with a worship service honoring co-pastors Rev. Carlton Jones and Rev. Walter Johnson. On January 8th 2012, the co-pastors […]

Lifestyle

Women’s Conference Aims to Empower and Encourage

January 17, 2019 admin 0

To combat disparities facing women, Stephanie Jones, owner of Lifestyles Management Counseling held the second annual “Women at Werk” Empowerment Conference last week at the Lexington Hotel on Jacksonville’s Southbank. Hundreds of women were engaged in […]

Editorials

The Hypocrisy Surrounding the R. Kelly Debate

January 15, 2019 Staff 0

By Raynard Jackson, NNPA Newswire Contributor I usually don’t write about salacious issues involving sex, scandal, and other issues I consider a waste of time; but because of the volume of calls and emails asking […]

Editorials

Government Shut Down Shows How Disconnected the White House is from Reality

January 15, 2019 Staff 0

The new calendar year has officially kicked off, but it is hard to feel like it’s a fresh start with so many lingering issues from 2018. One of the most prominent challenges facing America is […]

Editorials

A More Diverse Congress, a More Perfect Union?

January 15, 2019 Staff 0

By Dr. Julianne Malveaux The 116th Congress, sworn in on January 3, is the most diverse our nation has ever seen. There are more women – 102 – than ever before. More members of the […]

Editorials

He’s Scary and He’s Scared

January 15, 2019 Staff 0

by Dr. E. Faye Williams It’s not unusual to have a person who is scary, but scary and scared in the same person is unusual. Even while #45 was campaigning for President, we understood he was […]

Entertainment

Don’t Worry R.Kelly, MJ is NEXT: New Documentary Threatens to Expose Michael Jackson as Child Predator

January 14, 2019 Staff 0

As for Jackson, the late hitmaker often publicly said he simply enjoyed the company of children because of their innocence. “I’d slit my wrist before I’d hurt a child,” Jackson once said in a broadcast […]

National

Florida Pardons the Groveland Four: Black Men Wrongly Convicted of Raping White Teenager in 1949

January 14, 2019 Staff 0

  One of the first act of Florida’s new Governor Ron DeSantis and the state’s three-member Cabinet was to grant posthumous pardons to four Black men accused of raping a white woman in 1949 in […]

Community

Motivational Speakers and Events Will Highlight MLK Day on the First Coast

January 14, 2019 Staff 0

The impact that Martin Luther King, Jr. had on America was profound. And every year we celebrate his legacy and the spirit of justice, service and equality on the third Monday of January which is […]

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