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Weaving the Web of Our History Celebrates 25 Years of Jacksonville Trials and Triumphs

February 28, 2024 Staff 0

A gathering of storytellers and historians that has taken place at the end of Black History Month for the past 25 years held their annual celebration bringing together a gathering of storytellers and historians. Held […]

Entertainment

$24.5 Million Man – Don Lemon Gets Paid in CNN Separation

February 27, 2024 Staff 0

CNN/Twitter (People.com) Don Lemon and CNN have reportedly reached an agreement since his ousting last year. The former CNN anchor and the news network reached a separation deal that would pay Lemon approximately $24.5 million, reports TheWrap. The […]

Health

Specialists Reject Cannabis and CBD as Treatments for Glaucoma

February 22, 2024 Staff 0

Glaucoma poses a significant threat to eyesight if left undetected and untreated. According to the Glaucoma Research Foundation, approximately 10% of the general U.S. population is affected by this genetically influenced condition, with a higher […]

Editorials

We Are Way Past Due to Elect Candidates Representing Our Interests

February 22, 2024 Staff 0

By Lucius Gantt      The 2024 United States election campaigns for federal, state, and local races have already begun. There will be Black candidates running for office but most Black Americans will continue to run […]

Entertainment

Where’s Wendy? Williams, 59, Diagnosed with Aphasia and Frontotemporal Dementia

February 22, 2024 Staff 0

By ( Wendy Williams in 2019. PHOTO: EVAN FALK/SHUTTERSTOCK Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), her medical care team announced. According to a press release, the former talk show host, 59, received […]

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Op-Ed: In 2024, Keep Your Relationship To Yourself — Good, Bad And The Ugly

January 3, 2024 Staff 0

by Elisabeth Ayoola (Essence) Privacy, or ”the state of being free from public attention” has become increasingly rare in the social media age, and a lot of the time, it’s the most famous among us […]

Entertainment

Les McCann, Innovative Jazz Musician Dies at 88

January 3, 2024 Staff 0

Les McCann, a prolific and influential musician and recording artist who helped found the soul-jazz genre and became a favorite source for sampling by Dr. Dre, A Tribe Called Quest and hundreds of other hip-hop […]

Sports

Record Number of Black Quarterbacks Have Starting Positions in the NFL for the 2023-2024 Season

September 15, 2023 Staff 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 2023 NFL Draft marked the first time in NFL history Black men were selected in the top three positions for quarterback. The position was once seen as a white male-dominated one […]

National

60th Anniversary of Birmingham Church Bombing Unites Families of Victims and Perpetrators

September 15, 2023 Staff 0

16th Street Baptist Church Credit: Ariama C. Long photo Four innocent young girls getting ready for Sunday services died when the Ku Klux Klan detonated a devastating bomb inside Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church sixty years […]

National

Workers Are on Strike at all 3 Detroit Auto Makers for the First Time in Their Union’s History

September 15, 2023 Staff 0

by TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer, COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap […]

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