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South Beach Wine & Food Festival Welcomes Foodies Back to South Beach

May 28, 2021 admin 0

Miami was back in action with the 20th annual South Beach Wine and Food Festival (SOBEWFF) held recently on south beach with revelers perusing food dishes from the top Food Network Chefs. Thousands of foodies […]

Community

Boule Honors Top Students with Academic Scholarships

May 28, 2021 admin 0

By Hazel -Yates Campbell –  The Gamma Beta Boule marked the 37th Annual High Potential Youth Recognition Awards Program awarding eight of Jacksonville’s highest ranking African-American students from Duval County Public Schools. The students were […]

Community

Young Writers Festival Awards Students for Prose Compilations and Dramatization

May 28, 2021 admin 0

The Board of Directors of Friends of Brentwood Library, Inc. (FOBL) is bridging the gap and uplifting the youth of the community through poetry and dramatic arts. The James Weldon Johnson Poetry and Dramatic Arts […]

Community

River City Pearls Continues to Make a Difference in Duval

May 27, 2021 admin 0

 The River City Pearls, an Interest Group of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, recently conducted a “drop off of feminine products” and collected items for women and girls. These items were donated to the Renewing […]

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Kristen Clarke Becomes First Black Women Confirmed by Senate to Head DOJ’s Civil Rights Division

May 26, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Republicans opposed the nomination, but Clarke won confirmation because Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) used the chamber’s “Discharge […]

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Charlotte Bloggers Turn Hashtag Into Weeklong Black-Owned Food Fest

May 26, 2021 admin 0

By DeAnna Taylor (Source: www.travelnoire.com) – Around this time last year, the United States (and the world) saw a resurgence of social justice protests and movements, after George Floyd senselessly lost his life at the hands […]

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Chicago Mayor Says She Will Give One-On-One Interviews Only to Journalists of Color

May 26, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Mayor Lightfoot has made gun violence a priority, and she noted the importance of speaking to journalists of color. Her decision has […]

Editorials

Pulitzer Prize and Still Denied. Nikole Hannah-Jones Deserves Better

May 26, 2021 admin 0

By Danielle Sanders, Interim Managing Editor  Chicago Defender Staff – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist for the New York Times. A staff writer and investigative journalist for the New York Times, she […]

Business

Meet the Youngest Ever Black Entrepreneur to Have Products Sold in Walmart

May 26, 2021 admin 0

By Victor Omondi (Source: https://yourblackworld.net) – Lily Adeleye is a name you’ve probably heard of. If you didn’t hear about her for founding the girls’ fashion brand Lily Frilly, you probably heard about her when […]

National

‘I have never seen justice’: Tulsa Race Massacre Survivors Share Stories of Chaos, Horror

May 20, 2021 admin 0

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — (Source: https://www.newsnationnow.com) – For the first time, the American public is hearing from survivors of one of the darkest events in American history. It has been nearly 100 years, but city […]

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