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  For over a year author Meltonia Young gathered information regarding the Underground Railroad that runaway slaves used to travel south to freedom for her newly published book The Journey South to Freedom. The author […]

The Durkeeville Historical Society (DHS) paid tribute to aeronautical pioneer Bessie Coleman with a historical marker placed at the 1926 plane crash site near where Paxon Middle School stands today. The marker was erected at […]

Jacksonville residents Marcus Johnson, Diallo Sekou and Ishmael A. Muhammad recently trekked to Flint, Michigan to assist residents for the #operationflint water crisis. Working under the banner of The Kemetic Empire/Urban Geoponics, the young men […]

by Lynn Jones The Ritz Museum, Through Our Eyes 2016: Sensory Perception, an exhibit by African-American artists, has been presented continuously since 1993, The creative muse of museum curator Lydia Stewart, the exhibit is comprised […]

Annual through Our Eyes 2016: Sensory Perception Exhibit – The Ritz Museum, Through Our Eyes 2016: Sensory Perception, an annual exhibit presented continuously since 1993, the creative muse of museum curator Lydia Stewart, the exhibit is […]

The Duval County Retired Educators Association held their Annual Multicultural Celebration at the Mary Singleton Senior Center on February 4th.  The theme for the program was “Capturing Our Past, Preserving Our Future”.  The annual program […]

NNOA Jacksonville Chapter Positively Impacts Students at Brentwood Elementary School – During Brentwood Elementary School of the Arts Literacy Week, National Naval Officers Association (NNOA) Jacksonville Chapter members Lieutenant Commander Tim Campbell, a Navy pilot […]

Racial issues have recently been at the core of unrest and violence across the country. In order to move beyond the traditional black-white racial paradigm and to look at race and ethnic relations through a […]

The 2016 Jacksonville Black History Calendar unveiling was held at the main Library, continued to salute Jacksonville’s history makers past and present honoring local youth and trailblazers. Attendees paid homage to the ancestors by opening with the […]