TED, the acronym for technology, entertainment and design, has forums across the country to aspire and educate audiences. Last weekend in Jacksonville, eleven speakers and three musical performers shared the stage at the TEDxJacksonville Conference […]
By Lynn Jones As Breast Cancer Awareness Month winds down to a close, Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church held their annual Sunday service for breast cancer survivors and in memoriam of women who transitioned from the disease. […]
BY RANDAL MAURICE JELKS SPECIAL TO THE STAR “So if Dippy would go out to Kansas, there would be no trouble?” asks basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain’s mother in “Jayhawkers,” the independent film directed and co-written by […]
Updated: October 15, 2019 – 3:10 PM After the Plain View Project published a catalogue of racist Facebook comments made by more than 300 active duty Philadelphia police officers earlier this year, city officials — to say nothing […]
The young man – Deandre Somerville – had no prior criminal record. State Sen. Bobby Powell Jr. wants a judge investigated after a 21-year-old with no criminal record was sentenced to 10 days in jail for missing […]
By JEFF BARKER BALTIMORE SUN | OCT 17, 2019 U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings — the son of sharecroppers who rose to become a House committee chairman and Baltimore icon — often spoke of the need to leave […]
By The Associated Press Oct 13, 2019 Music artist and actress Queen Latifah is among the honorees being recognized by Harvard University this year for their contributions to black history and culture. Harvard is set to […]
The Beta Alpha Zeta chapter has operated the Stork’s Nest of Jacksonville since 1972. The Stork’s Nest is one of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., National Initiatives to prevent premature births in partnership with the […]
Community members joined to celebrate the Grand Opening for New Florida Majority’s (NewFM) new space in Northeast Jacksonville last week. Area elected officials joined constituents to tour the facility and enjoy food and live music. The New […]
By Lynn Jones Congressman Al Lawson Jr., U.S. Representative for Florida’s 5th congressional district recently visited the Free Press’ Northside office to share some his goal’;s and accomplishments. The twice elected congressman who took over […]
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