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by BOTWC Staff : Selma Hortense Burke, the sculptor behind the dime design, was born on December 31, 1900 in Mooresville, North Carolina. She found her passion for art at a young age, parlaying that into […]
August 13, 2024 | FacebookLinkedInThreadsXEmailPrintFriendly | It’s a great day for 100 small businesses in Greater Jacksonville and surrounding areas. Comcast recently announced the newest recipients of its nationally recognized grant program, Comcast RISE. These local […]
Uterine fibroids, noncancerous tumors of the uterus, affect about 70% of white women and up to 90% of Black women according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Fibroid symptoms may include heavy menstrual bleeding, […]
Gateway Jax’s Pearl Street District Project Receives Unanimous Approval from Jacksonville City Council for Redevelopment Agreements and Incentive Package Approval paves the way for first phase of $2 billion project to break ground in October […]
Jacksonville native 11-year-old Ja’el London McBride is living up to her name. crossed the country for a summer of dancing with renowned actress, dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen. Ja’el means ascension and she will represent her […]
By Lynn Jones | The LOL Jax Film Festival was formed in 2016 by filmmakers and husband and wife team, Adam and Monique Madrid to herald area filmmakers showing that we “Loves Our Locals” while […]
For the 15th year, the Ms. Senior Jacksonville and Diva Pageant contestants wowed the over 300 audience members with their statesmanship. The energized contestants under the directorship of Kenyonn Demps energized the audience with a […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (August 12, 2024) – The Jacksonville Housing Authority’s (JHA) six Board of Commissioners today voted unanimously to hire former JHA Chair Roslyn Mixon-Phillips as interim Chief Executive Officer. Mixon-Phillips is expected to take […]
By Stacy M. Brown – WI Senior Writer | BlackPress of America | NNPA NEWSWIRE — The four historically Black medical schools receiving funding graduate around half of all Black doctors in the U.S. but have […]
Jacksonville — The Duval Voting Rights Coalition, a group of grassroots and community organizations, is kicking off early voting at the newly re-opened early voting site at Edward Waters University (EWU) with a press event, on August […]
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