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City of Jacksonville to Host 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast Virtually This Year

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 The City of Jacksonville invites the community to celebrate the life, legacy and service of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 34th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Breakfast presented by Florida Blue. This year’s event […]

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Visualizing a Trip to Kenya Africa

January 7, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “Kenya remains one of my favorite places to visit on the continent because you get a lot of the Mother Land vibes […]

Sports

Len Bias is Posthumously Going into the Hall of Fame

January 7, 2021 admin 0

THE BURTON WIRE — By  Nsenga K. Burton Ph.D. The internet is celebrating news that late basketball legend Len Bias will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Bias leads a group of six players and […]

Entertainment

Historic Milestone Reached in Development of Universal Hip Hop Museum

January 7, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “When the journey began, there was no blueprint or roadmap for building a Hip Hop museum that would take on the enormity […]

Political

In First Act of New Congress, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Introduces Reparations Bill

January 7, 2021 admin 0

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – With the start of the 117th Congress this week, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), a senior member of the House Committees on Judiciary, Budget, and […]

National

Congress Certifies Biden’s Win in Aftermath of Deadly Protests

January 7, 2021 admin 0

 By Stacy M. Brown – Vice President Mike Pence affirmed Joe Biden as president-elect early Thursday morning in the wake of a chaotic assault on the U.S. Capitol, finally putting an end to President Donald […]

Local

Duval Celebrates Kwanzaa with Emphasis on Collective Work and Responsibility

January 7, 2021 admin 0

By Lynn JonesTurpin – As the world was winding down from the holidays, Kwanzaa stepped in to provide the seven principles for 2021. First celebrated in 1966, Kwanzaa is an annual celebration of African-American culture that […]

Local

Soil Collection Remembers City’s Lynched Black Men

January 7, 2021 admin 0

The Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project, an initiative of 904WARD,  held a virtual and social distancing soil collection ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the lynching of Eugene Burnam. The lynching, one of thousands of crimes […]

Local

Rhonda Peoples-Waters Makes History as a Duval County Judge

January 7, 2021 admin 0

After more than 18 tries ranging from petitions for governor appointments, recommendations and elections to become a judge, Rhonda Peoples-Waters has been sworn in as the first elected Black female judge of Duval County. Peoples-Waters […]

Business

2020 Tillie K. Fowler Distinguished Leadership Award Recipients

January 7, 2021 admin 0

Leadership Jacksonville, an organization that educates, connects and inspires diverse leaders to build and strengthen their communities recognized Ju’Coby Pittman as the 2020 Tillie K. Fowler Distinguished Leadership Award recipient. The Tillie K. Fowler Distinguished Leadership […]

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