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J100 Honors Youth, Members and Corporate Supporters

July 24, 2019 admin 0

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 […]

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Students Participate in Mock Election with Real Life Politicians

July 24, 2019 admin 0

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. […]

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Color Blindness is Impossible in the United States

July 23, 2019 Staff 0

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 […]

Editorials

Poverty and the Fallacy of Long-term Economic Greatness

July 23, 2019 Staff 0

by Julianne Malveaux The first week of July produced a somewhat positive Employment Situation report. While the unemployment rate ticked up just a bit, about 224,000 new jobs were created, nearly three times as many […]

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Unhealthy State of Affairs Regarding Black Health

July 23, 2019 Staff 0

By Glenn Ellis There is no disagreement that African Americans have worse health outcomes across the board. Researchers, scientists, sociologists, and doctor all agree. Data and statistics reflect the dismal reality that if you are […]

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Stop Telling Black Folks to Settle for a Candidate Just to Beat Trump in 2020

July 23, 2019 Staff 0

by David Dennis, Jr. Donald Trump’s presidency has us barreling into a recession, astronomical debt, unprecedented political corruption, a Jim Crow-like fervor for anti-Blackness, existential human extinction thanks to climate change denial and impending nuclear […]

Health

What’s the Difference Between These Two Types of Cancer?

July 18, 2019 Staff 0

By Faith Washington, health enews, a news service from AdvocateAuroraHealth While the term “colorectal cancer” is used frequently, colon and rectal cancer have some important differences. In your body, the colon and rectum sit close […]

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U.S. House Votes to Condemn President Trump’s Use of Social Media to Spread Racist Messages

July 18, 2019 Staff 0

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On July 16, the U.S. House voted 240-187 to condemn the racist language of Donald Trump in a series of twitter communications over the weekend. All 235 Democrats […]

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Breezy’s Entrepreneurial Series Highlights Successful Women

July 17, 2019 admin 0

Breezy’s Jazz Club recently celebrated their two-year anniversary at their location on Adams Street in downtown Jacksonville.  Each week, the venue hosts hundreds of local patrons for happy hour, dinner and live jazz. Jazz artist […]

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Body Painting Fundraiser Supports Art Intervention

July 17, 2019 admin 0

In the tradition of African culture, the “Color Schemes: Cocktails and Coloring,” fundraiser was held for guests to experience interactive coloring on live murals. A special presentation was performed as a tribute to families grieving […]

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