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Education

Five Teachers Named Finalist for 2020 Duval teacher of the Year

December 11, 2019 admin 0

Five outstanding public school teachers were named finalists for the 2020 Florida Blue Duval County Teacher of the Year. A Prize Patrol comprised of JPEF President Rachael Tutwiler Fortune, Duval County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. […]

Community

Let’s Move Hosts Ninth City-wide Fair to Get Active

December 11, 2019 admin 0

This past weekend, hundreds of First Coast residents ages 1 to 89 came out for the I’m A Star Foundation’s 9th Annual Let’s Move Jacksonville event held at Klutho Park,. Communities in Schools (CIS) won […]

Local

PAL Sleepover Exposes Tweens to Life and Law Enforcement

December 11, 2019 admin 0

In a hands on approach to empower empower girls to make the best choices for their brightest futures, the Police Athletic League of Jacksonville, Inc. (JaxPAL), hosted DNA (Dream Big,Navigate through life’s challenges and Achieve […]

Local

Selllers Lauded at Game as Jaguars Continue Down the Rabbit Hole

December 11, 2019 admin 0

Jaguar fans pounced on TIAA Bank Field on Sunday, December 8th to see the Jacksonville Jaguars host the Los Angeles Chargers.  The game kicked off with fans roaring for the home team to reverse their […]

Local

Students Tackle Solutions for School to Prison Pipeline

December 11, 2019 admin 0

The Young Leaders of Today and Sherwood Forest/Paradise Park Community Association, Inc presented, “Shhh… Let the Youth Speak: Series II,“ at the Bob Hayes Legends Center to tackle issues effecting youth the most. The dialogue […]

Video

Mo’Nique On Lee Daniels’s Shows Getting Canceled: “What You Put Out Is What You Get Back”

December 10, 2019 admin 0
Local

Miss Universe 2019: ‘May every little girl see their faces reflected in mine’

December 9, 2019 admin 0

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50712666   “I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me, with my kind of skin and my kind of hair, was never considered to be beautiful. “I think that it […]

Editorials

Black Scholars Are Not ‘Rare Creatures’

December 6, 2019 admin 0

When Purdue’s president said this, I had to respond because this myth is so pervasive. By G. Gabrielle Starr Dr. Starr is the president of Pomona College. This essay has been updated to reflect news developments. […]

National

Nearly 1,000 People Gather to Increase the Number of Black Lawyers at National Black Pre-Law Conference

December 6, 2019 admin 0

Monday, December 2, 2019 https://www.blacknews.com/news/1000-people-gather-increase-number-black-lawyers-national-black-pre-law-conference/ New York, NY — Hundreds of people from across the country came together from November 8th to November 9th, 2019 for the 15th Annual National Black Pre-Law Conference and Law Fair 2019 Sponsored […]

Entertainment

Queen and Slim Screening Brings Hollywood to Jax

December 5, 2019 admin 0

Influence Crew and Gainesville Black Wall Street held a private screening of the critically acclaimed film Queen & Slim at the AMC Regency 24 in Arlington. Guest of honor was Bertand E. Boyd II who […]

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