VyStar Credit Union is on a fast track to revive Jacksonville’s downtown skyline with securing their name in lights atop the former SunTrust building. From their home on Blanding Blvd to downtown Jax, August 2019 […]
The community is invited to join historic American Beach residents for The A.L. Lewis Legacy Awards honoring the life and accomplishments of Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, great-granddaughter of American Beach co-founder, Abraham Lincoln Lewis. From […]
The Jacksonville music community came together this past weekend to support local recording artist Maurice “Moe” Ricks. Moe is waiting on a heart and kidney transplant at UF Shands Gainesville. Ricks graduated from Spirit and […]
The Annual NAACP’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics also know as (ACT-SO), held its competition during the 110th NAACP Convention held, last weekend in Detroit Michigan. Nationally some of the brightest most talented students […]
“It always seems impossible until it’s done,” said Nelson Mandela. The former South African leader was an international Civil Rights icon and has inspired movements around the globe. Although he passed several years ago, the […]
Most high school and career guidance counselor encourage students to attend a four year college. College has always been the career of choice for counselors to include in their curriculum. Trade school options have diminished […]
Motivational Speaker Lindsy Bivens, brought her conference ‘My Message Matters,” back to Duval County for a one day conference held at the Aloft Hotel on the Southside. The conference featured a diverse mixture of speakers […]
The 100 Black Men of Jacksonville presented its Bernard V. Gregory Scholarship Banquet, last weekend at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. The event hosted 150 attendees and presented 13 scholarships to deserving students. The scholarship fund was established after […]
Local elected officials joined middle school students in I’m A Star Foundation’s Summer Leadership Academy to vote in a mock election. The live civics lesson took place from 1-2:30 p.m. at Darnell Cookman Middle School. […]
by Peter Bailey Recently, while shopping in an Ethiopian-owned store in my Washington D.C neighborhood, I witnessed a verbal confrontation between an African-American woman and the Ethiopian sales clerk. She was very upset that on […]
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