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Prince Harry’s Engagement Opens the Discussion to Britain’s First Black Queen

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

Meghan Markle’s scheduled Spring 2018 wedding to Prince Harry, fifth in line for the British Throne, will make her the first black person to marry into the House of Windsor, which was founded in 1910, […]

National

Anita Hill to Chair Commission for Sexual Misconduct

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

Anita Hill speaks at a discussion about sexual harassment and how to create lasting change from the scandal roiling Hollywood at United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills, Calif., Dec. 8, 2017. Hollywood executives and other […]

National

FCC Votes Along Party Lines to End ‘Net Neutrality’

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

By TALI ARBEL and BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated PressPublished: 14 December 2017 In a vote along party lines, the federal government has ended sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet. The Thursday vote […]

Lifestyle

Add These Black-owned Statement Tees to your Christmas List

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

acebook Tweet on Twitter By Sandria Washington, blackdoctor.org Black buying power currently sits at $1.3 trillion and according to this Nielsen Report, it’s expected to increase to a record $1.5 trillion by 2021. With so […]

Political

Black Women Are A Political Organizing Force. They’re Not Unicorns.

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

By Julia Craven, huffingtonpost.com It was early Wednesday morning, and DeJuana Thompson, founder of Woke Vote, still hadn’t slept. She’d spent the months leading up to the special Senate election in Alabama coordinating with thousands […]

Political

Omarosa Manigault Slams Report That She Was Fired

December 14, 2017 Staff 0

by C. Gregg Omarosa Manigault Newman, wife of Jacksonville Pastor John Newman,  shut down reports that she was fired from the Trump administration on Thursday morning, telling Michael Strahan that claims of her dramatic White House exit […]

Editorials

Applying Past Lessons to Change The Future

December 12, 2017 Staff 0

By Dr. Lillian Williams Dr. Lillian Williams “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Those are the words of Ida B. Wells, fearless anti-lynching crusader of the late […]

Entertainment

‘Facts of Life’ Atar Kim Fields Reveals How She Overcame the Child Star Curse

December 4, 2017 Staff 0

By Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News When Kim Fields had the opportunity to audition for the role of Dorothy “Tootie” Ramsey on “The Facts of Life,” the child actress almost walked out. The hit sitcom, which […]

Local

Former Congressional Rep. Corrine Brown Sentenced to 5 Years for Fraud

December 4, 2017 Staff 0

The 17 month legal ordeal of former local U.S. Representative Corrine Brown ended this week in a Jacksonville Federal Courthouse. The beloved politician was sentenced to five years in prison for her role in helping […]

National

NAACP Commends American Airlines on Plan for Diversity Changes

December 4, 2017 Staff 0

NAACPPublished: 04 December 2017 In a meeting last week, the NAACP and several  civil rights organizations agreed with American Airlines on a package of changes to the company’s internal processes for addressing claims of racism and […]

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