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The Bold City Chapter of The Links, Incorporated welcomed three new Links into their sisterhood last weekend during a private ceremony inducting community trustees Betty S. Burney, Mia L. Jones and Cordelia Mitchell. The festivities […]

The D.W. Perkins Bar Foundation, Inc. recently held its banquet with the theme, “Social Action: Be the Change You Want to See.” The banquet culminated a highly contested essay contest composed if elementary, middle and […]

By Lynn Jones The inaugural Malcolm X Festival and parade took place over the weekend and was filled with African American memorabilia, food, families and fun! The parade began at 9 a.m. at Clanzel Brown […]

The Potter’s House International Ministries recently hosted The Leadership Schools at Eugene J. Butler for their inaugural Leadership Gala. The youth oriented event consisted of a Cotillion and a Beautillion for the school’s students. Forty-eight […]

Edward Waters College (EWC) graduated its first Call Me MISTER scholar during the 2015 commencement ceremony Saturday, May 9th. The Call Me MISTER scholarship program is open to African-American males majoring in elementary education and […]

The City of Jacksonville kicked off the election season this week with a 32.6% voter turnout with 179,376 ballots cast that will culminate in May for most of the candidates. One of the most watched races […]

by Lynn Jones On the heels of Civil Rights activist, the Jacksonville Free Press was on the front line for the 50th Anniversary of the Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma-to-Montgomery March, and the Voting […]

Shown is Felice Franklin “sharing” on PRIDE Book Club as Greg Miller looks on with others at the annual, Weaving the Web of Our History, hosted by Carlottra Guyton and friends. The annual event, held […]

The 7th Annual Urban Education Symposium: Reclaiming Young Black Males for Jacksonville’s Future was held over the weekend in downtown Jax at the Main Library. Students, teachers and parents and guardians were featured and shared […]