Three Floridians who fought for civil rights for African-Americans were inducted into the Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame last week in Tallahassee. Patricia Stephens Due, Jacksonville’s former state senator Dr. Arnett Girardeau, and Willie […]
Local nonprofits, Just A Girl With A Dream and Advocates of Community Enrichment (ACE), committed to making a difference in the community by hosting the “My First True Love” Daddy Daughter Dance. Last weekend twenty […]
By Tanasia Kenney, Atlanta Black Star Meet Jessica Watkins, the sole Black woman in NASA’s newest class of astronaut candidates who’s slated to take Black Girl Magic to infinity and beyond — or at least to […]
By Amanda Vinicky, Chicago Tonight/WTTW A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday morning seeks federal intervention “to end the historical and on-going pattern and practice of excessive force by police officers in Chicago.” The plaintiffs—six minority men and […]
The Librarian of Congress has appointed Tracy K. Smith as the Library’s 22nd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, for 2017-2018. Smith will take up her duties in the fall, opening the Library’s annual literary season […]
Registration for the 100th American Tennis Association National Championships & Centennial Celebration is now open! Tennis enthusiasts ages 8 and up have the opportunity to participate in this historic series of events recognizing the century-long legacy of […]
by Rev. R.B. Holmes Florida A&M University is beginning a very important chapter in its storied life. Undoubtedly the gem of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, stakeholders writing that chapter are anxious to restore the […]
The University of North Florida and the Police Athletic League of Jacksonville have entered a partnership to engage Jacksonville youth and put them on an academic pathway through the JaxPAL Teen Leadership Program with the […]
Ben Jealous, former NAACP president, at the Young Democrats convention in Lanham, Md., on April 1. By Ovetta Wiggins and Fenit Nirappil (Washington Post) Former NAACP president Benjamin Jealous, who served as a surrogate for U.S. […]
Woman Makes History After Becoming Australia’s First Ever Black Senator Canberra, Australia — Senator Lucy Gichuhi, a Kenyan-born lawyer, was warmly welcomed by colleagues when she recently became the first-ever person of black African descent […]
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