As the story goes, Wesley Snipes was approached to play Lucious Lyon in Fox’s breakout phenomenon “Empire” before it was offered to its current occupant Terrence Howard. In January, creator Lee Daniels confirmed Snipes as […]
Three members of the Harvard University debate team competed against three inmates who were convicted of violent crimes. The inmates won the debate, proof that prison isn’t always the end of the line for some […]
By Nathaniel Sillin A generation ago, most families didn’t think about financial fraud. Today, it can come in many forms – over the phone, through the mail and increasingly, online. It’s an equal opportunity crime […]
The Jacksonville Chapter of the 100 Black Men welcomed and pinned four community committed leaders at their monthly meeting last week. The men are advocates for positive change by developing and implementing responsible solutions to […]
Shamika Baker, former director of the City of Jacksonville’s Small and Emerging Business Program, has been named Managing Director of FreshMinistries’ Beaver Street Enterprise Center. In her new role, she will manage tenant services, programs […]
The former Miss Quiana Scott and Waleed Shamsid-Deen were joined in marriage on September 27, 2015, at the Casa Marina, Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The bride, Quiana Scott currently living in Atlanta, Georgia is the daughter […]
Members of the Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter (JAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. do many things very well. Amongst their skillset is mentoring, supporting, encouraging and empowering young people. Dubbed EMBODI, the program stands for […]
An Appreciation Banquet for Apostle Barbara A. Bines of Kingdom Anointing Deliverance Ministry was held to celebrate her birthday and 20 years of ministry. Friends and well-wishers flocked to laud this woman of God’s faithful […]
By Desire Thompson The trailer for Will Smith’s new film about the discovery of the NFL’s concussion controversy has arrived merely a few weeks before the league’s fall season is set to begin. Peter King […]
By Curtis Bunn Urban News Service When a New Orleans gunman ambushed, shot and killed Baton Rouge Cpl. Betty Smothers who was escorting a grocery manager in her cruiser to make a night deposit on […]
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