Sports
College Sports Remain on Hold, Except for Football
LOIS ELFMAN | 9/10/2020 – The NCAA has made it clear that there will be no championships held in fall sports for Divisions I, II or III due to COVID-19. Most of the colleges and […]
Year: 2020
Editorials
The Weathering of Black America
TRACEY L. ROGERS | 9/10/2020 – After Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, his autopsy report revealed that at the young age of 39, he had “the heart of a 60-year old.” Doctors […]
Urban Traveler
An Updated Green Book for Today’s Black Travelers
SHERYL NANCE-NASH | 9/10/2020, midnight – You likely heard about “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” Victor Hugo Green’s guide to services and places that were friendly to Black travelers at a time when discrimination was […]
Education
HBCU Students for Biden and Black Students for Biden: ‘Four More Years of Trump Means Death for Many African Americans’
#NNPA BLACKPRESS – NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We can’t continue to live in fear with the police’s militarization and where Black lives don’t matter. If we don’t change the face of what democracy looks like in […]
National
Trump Acknowledges He Intentionally Downplayed The Coronavirus Despite Knowing It Was Deadly
By Victor Omondi – Donald Trump acknowledged downplaying the Coronavirus at the beginning of the year even though he knew the virus was deadly and much more serious than the seasonal flu. In one of a […]
Entertainment
Jamie Foxx Signs Major Deal with Sony Pictures By Rolling
Jamie Foxx has signed a film producing deal with Sony Pictures. The Oscar-winning actor and his producing partner Datari Turner have signed a deal with the studio to develop and produce feature films. Foxx’s first project with […]
Lifestyle
Turpin-Jones Nuptials
William Lindburgh Turpin, Jr. and Lynette (Lynn) Jones exchanged vows over the Labor Day weekend at their northside home in a solemn ceremony officiated by Rev. Bettye Pittman. The African themed occasion was completed with […]
Local
Picketers Demand Answers and Fairness from the Supervisor of Elections
Election Day is only eight weeks away and that timeline has some folks voicing concerns about voting practices in Duval County. Picketers organized by Rev. R. L. Gundy, gathered outside the Supervisor of Elections office […]
Greek Life
Naval Officers Team Up with Zetas for Covid School Supply Relief
By Lynn Jones – The National Naval Officers Association (NNOA) Jacksonville Chapter and the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Beta Alpha Zeta chapter partnered to present school supplies to various schools in Duval County. With Covid-19 […]
Sports
Colin Kaepernick Has Been Nominated for the NFL Hall of Fame
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton September 8, 2020 – After leading the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2013, some football fans say that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick belongs in the NFL Hall of Fame. […]