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Florida Black Caucus Releases Priorities

October 24, 2019 admin 0

The 2020 legislative session is fastly approaching and the state’s  Black Caucus released the priorities it would like to succeed in a news conference this week. The caucus, which includes 21 House members and six […]

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D.W. Perkins Inducted Into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame

October 24, 2019 admin 0

After year’s of attempting to get her father inducted into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame. Last week Camilla Thompson witnessed the ceremony in Tallahassee on the grounds of Florida State University. Daniel Webster […]

Community

TedX Talks Brings Creative Artist to the Stage

October 24, 2019 admin 0

TED, the acronym for technology, entertainment and design, has forums across the country to aspire and educate audiences. Last weekend in Jacksonville, eleven speakers and three musical performers shared the stage at the TEDxJacksonville Conference […]

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It Takes a Congregation to Fight a Cause

October 24, 2019 admin 0

By Lynn Jones As Breast Cancer Awareness Month winds down to a close, Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church held their annual Sunday service for breast cancer survivors and in memoriam of women who transitioned from the disease.  […]

Sports

At KU, Wilt Chamberlain helped change the world. Today’s black athletes can’t play ball

October 18, 2019 admin 0

BY RANDAL MAURICE JELKS SPECIAL TO THE STAR “So if Dippy would go out to Kansas, there would be no trouble?” asks basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain’s mother in “Jayhawkers,” the independent film directed and co-written by […]

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OPINION: More than Racist Facebook Posts, Police Vehicle Stops are Driving Distrust

October 18, 2019 admin 0

Updated: October 15, 2019 – 3:10 PM After the Plain View Project published a catalogue of racist Facebook comments made by more than 300 active duty Philadelphia police officers earlier this year, city officials — to say nothing […]

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Bobby Powell Files Complaint after White Judge Jails Black 21-year-old for Missing Jury Duty

October 18, 2019 admin 0

The young man – Deandre Somerville – had no prior criminal record. State Sen. Bobby Powell Jr. wants a judge investigated after a 21-year-old with no criminal record was sentenced to 10 days in jail for missing […]

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Rep. Elijah Cummings Rose from Segregated Childhood to Powerful Political Voice in Baltimore, Washington

October 18, 2019 admin 0

By JEFF BARKER BALTIMORE SUN | OCT 17, 2019  U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings — the son of sharecroppers who rose to become a House committee chairman and Baltimore icon — often spoke of the need to leave […]

Entertainment

Queen Latifah to Receive Harvard Black Culture Award

October 18, 2019 admin 0

By The Associated Press  Oct 13, 2019 Music artist and actress Queen Latifah is among the honorees being recognized by Harvard University this year for their contributions to black history and culture. Harvard is set to […]

Greek Life

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Beta Alpha Zeta Chapter Stork’s Nest of Jax Helping Babies Since 1972

October 17, 2019 admin 0

The Beta Alpha Zeta chapter has operated the Stork’s Nest of Jacksonville since 1972. The Stork’s Nest is one of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., National Initiatives to prevent premature births in partnership with the […]

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