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Southern Hospitality and Motown Roots Inspire Missy’s Meals On the Go

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By Lynn Jones-Turpin –  As the Urban Traveler reaches foodies and travelers around the country, many reports and statistics note that in the last decade, Black women have excelled in creating businesses and becoming entrepreneurs […]

Business

A Racist Incident Led This Black Man To Launch Noirbnb

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By Parker Diakite –  (Source: www.travelnoire.com) – Black travelers could probably tell you about that time when. That time when you were mistaken as a celebrity. Or that time when people rushed to take a […]

Business

Tucker/Hall Welcomes Ryan Jeter to the Firm

March 4, 2021 admin 0

We are thrilled to introduce Ryan Jeter, our newest colleague and a Senior Account Executive here at Tucker/ Hall. Ryan manages strategy development, public affairs, media relations, and crisis communications. He comes to Tucker/ Hall […]

Political

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 […]

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