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Black Congressman Attacks GOP Members Who Voted Against Equality Act: ‘You Used God to Enslave My Foreparents’

March 3, 2021 admin 0

By Derrick Major  – (Source: www.blackenterprise.com) The Texas Democrat scorched Republican lawmakers on the floor of the House of Representatives Thursday, where he spoke out in support of the Equality Act. Green pushed back on […]

Entertainment

Private Movie Screening Honors Black Panther Legacy Dispels Conspiracy Theories

March 2, 2021 admin 0

In honor of Black History Month, Black Films Matter recently held a private screening of Judas and the Black Messiah, with a Black Panther Party themed event in Jacksonville. The screening was held at Cinemark Tinsleton […]

Community

Churches and Elected Officials Continue to Partner for Pandemic Food Distribution

March 2, 2021 admin 0

District 14 State Rep. Angie Nixon and Wayman Ministries, whose church and school are in the district that Nixon serves, held a food distribution outside the church West Campus location. One hundred volunteers from Wayman […]

Sports

Virtual Leadership Academy Blends Relationship Importance of Athletes, Role Models an Mentors

March 2, 2021 admin 0

Through the years there are leaders, there are coaches, there are role models, there are mentors; then, there are those individuals that carry with them lasting legacies for future generations. Recently the Level the Playing […]

Community

Raines Closing Black History Month with Continued Legacy of Excellence

March 2, 2021 admin 0

Founded in January of 1965, Raines High School is Jacksonville’s longest serving historically black high school that is still serving students of color. Throughout its 55 year existence, thousands of its graduates have gone on […]

Local

Groundworks Debut Kingsley Plantation History Project

March 2, 2021 admin 0

The Groundwork Jacksonville Green Team Youth Corps recently debuted their animation project titled: “The 400 Project – Honoring the Enslaved Voices of Kingsley Plantation” at the annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration. The virtual celebration of African […]

Local

Lynching Commemorated 96 Years After Death

March 2, 2021 admin 0

 The Jacksonville Community Remembrance Project,  recently held a soil collection ceremony to commemorate the anniversary of the lynching of Willie Washington in Jacksonville. The lynching, one of thousands of crimes of racial terror designed to […]

Local

Local Black Power Organizations Seeking to Rise Up and Create Generational Wealth

March 2, 2021 admin 0

By Lynn Jones-Turpin – Since the days of the Back Panther Party’s (BPP) inception, African American organizations have attempted to rise up and continue the movement’s mottos, missions and goals of self empowerment. The Black […]

Lifestyle

New Event Center Brings Star Power

March 2, 2021 admin 0

By LJT – Platinum Events Center on Kings Avenue in San Marco, celebrated their grand opening with a “Met Gala,” soiree. Sixty invited stylish guestes walked the red carpert and created a runway of couture […]

Community

State Attorneys Office Celebrates HBCU Day

March 2, 2021 admin 0

The Office of the State Attorney Fourth Judicial Circuit celebrated Black History Month by hosting an inaugural Historical Black College and University Day honoring African American HBCU graduates in the legal profession. Staff was educated […]

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