The NAACP ACT-SO National Competition began this week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Jacksonville students well represented. Jacksonville’s local NAACP Chapter traveled with 10 students to compete in the NAACP ACT-SO National Competition. The Silver Medal […]
Edward Waters College (EWC) was named one of the most affordable by Great Value Colleges, a website that seeks to match students with their degree program at the lowest price. The website ranked EWC 25th […]
Fox’s smash hip-hop drama “Empire” may have scored with fans, but it didn’t hit any high notes with Emmy voters. The hit show scored only three Emmy nods, for series star Taraji P. Henson as best […]
Dr. James Augustus Joyner 1942-2015 by Jeanine Ferguson Born in Jacksonville, Florida, on December 20, 1942, Dr. Joyner attended the local public schools and graduated from New Stanton Senior High School and later Florida A&M […]
The city of New York has agreed to pay $5.9m to the family of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old man who died on Staten Island last July after being placed in an illegal chokehold by a police […]
The 20th Annual National High School Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame Induction (NHSACA) luncheon was held in Rochester, Minnesota to present awards to the 30 inductees that represented 17 states. Jacksonville’s own celebrated Coach […]
The Jacksonville Local Organizing Committee of the Millions More Movement ,Inc., a local non-profit organization continued to fulfill the pledge they took 20 years ago at the Historic Million Man March. For 20 years JLOC, […]
Suited For Success, the local nonprofit organization providing business suits and career attire and job readiness training for men in the Jacksonville community seeking employment, is partnering with Men’s Wearhouse to launch its seventh National […]
The Divine Intervention and Prevention (DIP) Foundation and Shofar Magazine recently hosted its inaugural Youth Empowerment and Crime Prevention Fundraiser at Holiday Hill Baptist Church. Community members gathered to hear powerful messages from D.I.P. Executive […]
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press MEG KINNARD, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Confederate flag was lowered from the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse to the cheers of thousands on Friday, ending its 54-year […]
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