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NFL Black Quarterbacks Are Heading into Summer of Uncertainty – and Promise

May 11, 2020 admin 0

By Alvin Reid – The number of NFL black starting quarterbacks is down one as the upcoming season hopefully nears. What’s crazy is that Cam Newton, former Carolina quarterback and NFL MVP, is unemployed as […]

Entertainment

Andre Harrell, Founding Father Of Hip-Hop Soul, Dead At 59

May 11, 2020 admin 0

By Kiana Fitzgerald – Andre Harrell, hip-hop and R&B mogul and founder of the visionary label Uptown Records, has died. He was 59 years old. The Revolt network, where Harrell worked as vice chairman, confirmed […]

Community

Jacksonville-Area Coronavirus Updates: Florida Hair & Nail Salons, Barbershops Allowed to Reopen

May 11, 2020 admin 0

By: ActionNewsJax.com News Staff  – Hair & nail salons, barbershops in the Jacksonville area can reopen – NORTHEAST FLORIDA, SOUTHEAST GEORGIA — More than 40,000 people in Florida and 32,000 people in Georgia have been infected […]

Book Reviews

Author Wins Pulitzer Prize for Book Based on Florida’s Dozier Reform School

May 8, 2020 Staff 0

Author Colson Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys,” a book about a brutal reform school for black boys in the Jim Crow South, on Monday won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It is the second time in […]

Local

Men Charged in the Murder of #Joggingwhileblack

May 8, 2020 Staff 0

In quiet Brunswick, Georgia, a mere 55 miles from Jacksonville, FL, it seems Ahmaud Arbery might finally see some justice.  The day before what would have been his 26th birthday, The Georgia Bureau of investigation […]

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Douglas Anderson Senior Appointed to U.S. Air Force Academy

May 8, 2020 Staff 0

U.S. Rep Al Lawson (FL-05) has announced that George “Gary” Hartsfield Jr., a senior at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, received an offer of appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy. Hartsfield […]

Local

Jax NAACP Says Foul Play Involved in Local Unopposed Judge Election

May 8, 2020 Staff 0

The Jacksonville Branch NAACP has condemned what it calls the “last minute” maneuvers of attorneys Michael Kalil in a coup to win a Florida judge seat. The unopposed candidate is calling claims that he schemed to […]

Urban Traveler

Top Destinations Where Black Travelers Will Feel Most Welcome In 2020

May 7, 2020 admin 0

If you had plans to make 2020 your best travel year yet, don’t get too discouraged by the current restrictions. At some point, we will all be able to travel again, returning you to your […]

National

US Leads In Virus Blood Tests After Lax Oversight

May 7, 2020 admin 0

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators Monday pulled back a decision that allowed scores of coronavirus blood tests to hit the market without first providing proof that they worked. The Food and Drug Administration said it took […]

Political

‘Killed in Cold Blood’: Biden, Abrams Call For Action in Shooting Death of Ahmaud Arbery

May 7, 2020 admin 0

Nicholas Wu – USA TODAY – Former Vice President Joe Biden and former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams called for action and a formal investigation in the aftermath of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black […]

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