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State Representative Angie Nixon Celebrates 40 Years of Duval Cheers

April 3, 2024 admin 0

By Lynn Jones – A native of Detroit, Michigan, Angie Nixon was 10 years old in 1994 when my family and I moved to Duval County.  I met our state representative when we lived within Northsides […]

Community

AKA Green Team Hosts Economic Wealth Forum

April 3, 2024 admin 0

The Alpha Beta Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. hosted the ‘Build Your Economic Wealth Community Forum’ on Saturday, March 30, 2024, at Beaver Street Enterprise Center. Speakers included Ed Gaston, COO […]

Lifestyle

Hair & Fashion Competition Highlights Black Excellence

April 3, 2024 admin 0

The inaugural ‘Hair Around the World,’ hair and fashion showcase was recently held at the Main Library in downtown Duval. Darryl Goodman, owner of 4 African Imports and Jordyn Clayton of House of Azhante fashion […]

Education

2nd Mayors Masked Ball Empowers Local HBCU

April 3, 2024 admin 0

The UNCF (United Negro College Fund) hosted its second Jacksonville Mayor’s Masked Ball at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront.   Over 500 attendees joined Mayor Donna Deegan and and EWU President A. Zachary Faison Jr., J.D. for […]

Local

Ribault Legacy Keeps Track Meet at Home

April 3, 2024 admin 0

Following the controversy that shadowed the beloved Bob Hayes Track Meet move to the Southside, Olympian Chandra Cheesbororugh decided the sports meet bearing her name will not meet the same fate. Formerly the Trojan Invitational, […]

Local

Nation’s First Black Owned Gun Range Hosts Prepares Local Women Against Human Trafficking

April 3, 2024 admin 0

“If you want to know what an ideal target for human trafficking looks like, just sneak a peek of yourself in the mirror,” cautions Rick Ferrell, an Army veteran and owner of Tango Down Shooting […]

Editorials

Remembering Dr. King, and Adam C. Powell

April 2, 2024 admin 0

By Dr. John E. Warren | Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, a day those of us who are old enough will never forget. […]

Community

City of Jacksonville’s ‘Get Covered Jax!’ Campaign A Success

April 2, 2024 admin 0

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 2, 2024 — On November 2, Mayor Donna Deegan, City Councilman Michael Boylan, Dr. Sunil Joshi, Chief Health Officer for the City of Jacksonville, and Lynn Sherman, Executive Director of Health Programs for the City of Jacksonville,  launched Get […]

Entertainment

Film at Lincoln Center and African Film Festival Announce the Complete Lineup for 31st New York African Film Festival: May 8 – 14

April 2, 2024 admin 0

Featuring the North American premiere of Tolu Ajayi’s Over the Bridge and the New York premiere of Dibakar Das Roy’s Dilli Dark – Harold George’s short Making Men  to be accompanied by the director’s dance troupe, a first-time event for NYAFF Mirah, After […]

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