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Black Expo South Return for Food, Fun and Business

October 12, 2017 admin 0

The 16th annual Florida Black Expo returned to Jacksonville last weekend kicking off with the Black Expo Business Opportunity Summit. On Friday evening, local musical artist Akia Uwanda and Katzs Downstairs took over the stage at […]

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Sharpton Visits First Coast For Alzheimer’s Awareness

October 12, 2017 admin 0

The Mayo Clinic Alzheimer’s Center was in the pulpit with Reverend Al Sharpton for the centers Community Alzheimer’s Awareness event held at Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. Reverend Al Sharpton, Honorary chair of the African American […]

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I’m A Star Teens Present $35K Check to Help Homeless Youth

October 9, 2017 Staff 0

Teens in the I’m A Star Foundation presented a check for $35,000 to Duval County Public Schools to benefit the 2700 homeless students in their school system. This marks a milestone total of $100,000 raised […]

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Jaxons Commit to Support Women at Activist March

October 4, 2017 admin 0

Last weekend, thousands converged around the nation to raise their voices around issues affecting Black women. Locally, the effort was led by health care advocate LaShonda “Lj” Holloway at A. Philip Randolph Heritage Park.  Holloway […]

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Legislative Desk of Political Pioneer Mary Singleton Has a New Home

September 27, 2017 admin 0

Last week the legislative desk of the Honorable Mary Littlejohn Singleton found a permanent home as it was dedicated at the Mary L. Singleton Senior Center. Born in Jacksonville in 1926, Singleton was the first […]

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Mt. Zion Allenites Shop Till they dropped in Georgia and South Carolina

September 27, 2017 admin 0

Historic Mt. Zion AME Lois J. Roberts Allenites recently sponsored a shopping trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina and Pooler, Georgia, for a day of food, fun and shopping. The bus was filled with 46 […]

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Celebrity Stylists Spread Expertise with Local Beauty School Graduates

September 27, 2017 admin 0

The Total Beauty Institute, Jacksonville’s newest full scale beauty school, recently graduated two students as licensed stylists. For the past year Shannon Payton and Emily Brownell have gained hundreds of hours to secure their entrepreneurial […]

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JAXPORT Board of Directors Unanimously Chooses Eric Green as CEO

September 25, 2017 Staff 0

The Jacksonville Port Authority Board of Directors has unanimously voted to hire longtime JAXPORT executive Eric Green as Chief Executive Officer. The JAXPORT Board conducted a national executive search to fill the vacant CEO position, culminating in […]

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Jacksonville Nurses Fired After Making Black Newborns Rap, Dance

September 22, 2017 Staff 0

By Shantell E. Jamison, ebony.com Two Jacksonville, Fla. nurses have been relieved of their duties after video footage of them making an newborn baby “dance” to rap music. The women took to Snapchat to not […]

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Community Rallies Together to be #Firstcoaststrong

September 21, 2017 admin 0

Last week, Jacksonville joined cities around the state that were left battered and bruised by Hurricane Irma.  The 360 mile wide massive hurricane left no county unturned, as it wound itself up the state.  The […]

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