Ruth UmohForbes Staff Diversity & Inclusion Brianne GarrettForbes Staff ForbesWomen https://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthumoh/2020/02/03/celebrating-black-history-month-2020/#7ea72b3a2b45 African-Americans have played a profound role in shaping the U.S. business landscape. Technological innovations like the traffic light, automatic elevator doors and even caller […]
By Russell Contreras The Associated Press https://www.telegram.com/entertainmentlife/20200221/black-in-space-looks-at-final-frontier-of-civil-rights Posted at 3:01 AM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair walked into a South Carolina library. The 9-year-old aspiring astronaut wanted to check out a calculus book, […]
By: Christian Gonzalez-Orbegoso If I told you as a Jacksonville resident you could pay the same electrical rates as Miami, would you? Well, when utility companies are privately owned by organizations including Florida Power and […]
The Live Long and Like It Senior Citizens Club was organized January 1970 at the Emmett Reed Center and under the direction of Anne Hedgecloth of the Jacksonville Recreation Department. The purpose of the club […]
The 63rd DAYTONA 500 race was held last weekend with historic performances, spectacular finishes and amazing race car memories. Thousands of fans held court at the race car track to view the laps to witness […]
Local organizations united to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Black National Anthem “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” by Jacksonville’s very own James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson. Held at he Ritz Theater and […]
The community continues to mourn the loss of a young man taken too soon. Jordan Davis was a 17-year-old high school student when he was murdered for playing his music “too loud”. On what would […]
I’m A Star Foundation partnered with American Association Retired People (AARP) for an intergenerational movie date honoring African American pioneers. Local seniors and teen servant leaders in I’m A Star Foundation met with AARP members […]
As part of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp’s salute to Black History Month and the Negro Leagues’ Centennial Celebration, the club hosted the inaugural High School Heritage Classic exhibition game between rivals William M. Raines High […]
Eleven Carter G. Woodson Elementary School students made history as members of the first elementary chapter of the 5000 Role Models of Excellence program in Duval County Public Schools. For 27 years nationally the 5000 […]
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