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Nationwide — Mary Smith-Blackmon, an African American woman from Canton, Mississippi, who became the first Black student to graduate from the town’s all-white public school in 1966, remembers both the struggles and the small victories of […]

The 19th DONNA Marathon Weekend concluded last Sunday with more than 9,700 runners participating at events across the First Coast. Athletes from all 50 states and 11 countries laced up for multiple competitive race events. 95 participants logged 15,641 miles over the […]

By Lynn Jones | When Mona Cobb (shown left) handed Brandye Mackey (right) her shopping bag it was more that a typical sale. It was a cultural exchange of sisterhood and soul as Mackey had […]

 The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is expanding in 2026 including a creation of a Jacksonville Civil Rights Trail. Mt Ararat Baptist Church on Myrtle Avenue will be the first site officially installed among 40 markers Feb […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.  — Dr. Norma Solomon White’s life and career reflect a series of groundbreaking accomplishments that have reshaped education, civic leadership and African American women’s roles in institutions long resistant to change. Born Nov. […]

Long before the phrase “Black economic empowerment” entered modern political debates, Abraham Lincoln Lewis was quietly building the infrastructure of freedom in Florida. Born in 1865 to parents who had been enslaved, Lewis rose to […]