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AMC is Reopening its Theaters Next Week with 15-Cent Tickets

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New York (CNN Business)By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business – AMC is finally reopening its theaters, and guests will need to spend just 15 cents to get in. The world’s largest movie theater chain will reopen more than […]

Community

Duval County Retired Teachers Celebrate their Legacy

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by Lynn Jones – Gaile Lanier has been employed with the City of Jacksonville for 33 years and is now a certified retiree! For the past ten years, she has held the position of Recreation […]

Community

Youth Receive Leadership Badges Readying for the New Normal

August 13, 2020 admin 0

This past weekend, Youth In Motion, Inc., acknowledged youth participants for earning their Level II-Bronze Star Insignia and Cooking Merit Badges. The bagdes were obtained from an eight week course where participants completed required leadership […]

Community

Philanthropic Organizations Continue to Weave the Thread of Community Giving

August 13, 2020 admin 0

El-Beth-El Church and Families for Slain Children Inc., (FOSCI) both held back to school events for the children and needy of Duval County.  Due to Covid-19 restrictions, recipients were asked to wear their mask to […]

Community

Delta Impact Focuses on Voting and Census

August 13, 2020 admin 0

By Pat Sams – The  Jacksonville (FL) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, in collaboration with their Collective Voice Partners, culminated their Impact weekend with a Get Out to Vote event at Gateway […]

Business

Inside Charlotte’s Hottest Black-Owned Food Truck, What The Fries

August 12, 2020 admin 0

By DeAnna Taylor – Despite a pandemic, two Black chefs out of Charlotte, NC have managed to nearly triple business for their loaded fries food truck. What The Fries can easily be deemed the city’s […]

Education

University’s Black Greek Fraternities, Sororities Elevate Pride, Service, and Voices

August 12, 2020 admin 0

Black Greek Letter Organizations continue a long tradition of celebrating culture and being advocates for social and racial justice. When Morgan Threatt was born, one of her baby gifts was a chest emblazoned with the […]

Education

Why Kamala Harris Chose Howard University

August 12, 2020 admin 0

By  Valerie Strauss –  Kamala D. Harris, the California senator tapped by Joe Biden on Tuesday to join him on the Democratic presidential ticket, attended schools with majority-White populations from elementary school through high school. […]

International

As BLM Goes Global, It’s Building on Centuries of Black Internationalist Struggle

August 12, 2020 admin 0

By Brandon R. Byrd  – At approximately 8:19 p.m. on the evening of May 25, Derek Chauvin, a 19-year veteran of the Minneapolis Police Department, brought his weight down upon George Floyd’s neck. Floyd, a 46-year-old […]

Health

Why Black and Hispanic Residents are More Likely to Become Infected by the Coronavirus

August 12, 2020 admin 0

By Tim Nickens (Poynter Institute) – Historical practices embedded in health care, structural racism and high-risk jobs contribute to the pandemic’s disproportionate effects Residents sign up for assistance and free supplies provided by Sistas Van […]

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