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Raines All Class Reunion Celebrates 60 Years of Success

February 6, 2025 admin 0

By Venus Highsmith – Alumni and friends of William M. Raines High School united to commemorate the schools 60th year anniversary (January 25, 1965), a landmark achievement that landed on the actual Founder’s Day, January […]

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Grove Park Elementary Lauded with $2K in Honor of MLK

February 6, 2025 admin 0

The Clay County Martin Luther King Day of Service presented Shadreka Smith principal of Grove Park Elementary School $2000 to assist with the schools education program. The Day of Service honored Dr. Martin Luther King., […]

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Kaziah Belgrave’s Celebrates 70th

February 6, 2025 admin 0

The Harlem Nights theme party hosted in honor of Kaziah Belgrave’s 70th birthday was nothing short of spectacular. Held inside the Premier Event Center on Dunn Avenue, guests gathered from New York, Maryland, Georgia, near […]

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Brenda Bellard-Harris Shines Bright for 75th

February 6, 2025 admin 0

1967 Eugene Butler graduate Brenda Bellard-Harris held her 75th birthday celebration held at the Amelia National Golf and Country Club.  Guests flocked from around the nation to celebrate the woman that prides herself on celebrating others.  […]

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Zora Fest Still Draws Arts Lovers to Eatonville

February 5, 2025 admin 0

The 2025 Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities was in full swing last weekend in Eatonville, Florida celebrating the life and legacy of the acclaimed author and anthropologist. The annual event, commonly […]

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Top Ladies of Distinction Charters New Chapter in Jax

February 5, 2025 admin 0

Saturday, February 1st, a new chapter of Top Ladies of Distinction (TLOD) was chartered in Jacksonville, Florida. TLOD is a 501 ©3 organization focused on community service. Under the banner of “Top Teens of America,” […]

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Step Afrika! Celebrates Thirty Years

February 5, 2025 admin 0

The Florida Theatre was packed to capacity for ‘Step Afrika!,’ holding court onstage blending percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American tribes and with an added bit of fraternity and sorority stepping tradition. The […]

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Inaugural Sneaker Ball Keeps Dreams of Slain Teen Alive

February 5, 2025 admin 0

By Lynn Jones | May 23, 2022 was the day, Yvonne Fields, mother of 18-year-old Rashaud Fields was an emotional wreck when she heard the news that her son had been shot in the crossfire’s […]

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Smile Train Uplifts and Brightens Smiles

February 5, 2025 admin 0

My name is Iva Ballou. I was born in Jacksonville, Florida with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, a congenital condition where a child is born with an opening in the upper lip and/or the […]

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Senior Pastor of New Birth, Civil Rights Advocate, and Community Organizer Dr. Jamal Bryant Announces 40-Day FAST Against Target, Urging 100,000 Black Consumers to Withdraw Support

February 3, 2025 admin 0

Dr. Bryant’s FAST calls for immediate action: he is urging Black consumers to halt all purchases from Target and to divest any stock holdings in the company. This aligns with the philosophy of Dr. Martin […]

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