• About Us
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe
  • Submit Photo
  • Fictitious Name
  • Event Submission
    • Around Town
    • Church News
  • Contact Us
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • rss feed
Free Press of Jacksonville
  • Home
  • News
    • Community
    • Local
    • National
    • International
    • Education
    • Business
    • prnewswire
  • Entertainment
    • Crosswords
    • Sudoku
  • Politics
  • EDITORIALS
  • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Advice
    • Book Reviews
    • Religion
    • Urban Traveler
    • Greek Life
    • Obituaries
  • Sports
  • Calendar
  • Photos
Breaking news
  • [ February 19, 2026 ] First Black Student to Graduate from All-White Public School in 1966 Shares Her Story Local
  • [ February 19, 2026 ] ‘Top Chef’ winner Tristen Epps-Long redefines Afro-Caribbean cuisine at South Beach Wine & Food Festival Urban Traveler
  • [ February 19, 2026 ] Ed. Dept. Dismissed 90% of Discrimination Cases, Report Says Education
  • [ February 18, 2026 ] The Role of PARP Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer Management Health
  • [ February 18, 2026 ] Jax Symphony Presents Dancing in the Street: Music of Motown Entertainment
HomeLocal

Local

Local News

Local

Girl Scouts Cookie Season is On!

February 22, 2024 admin 0

The Girl Scouts of Gateway Council have kicked off their 2024 Girl Scout Cookie season. Throughout the country, Girl Scouts and their troops are rallying their communities to support the world’s largest entrepreneurial program for […]

Local

Fort Mose Festal Returns With More Jazz & Blues

February 22, 2024 admin 0

by Lynn Jones –   Fort Mose Historic State Park hosted its third installment of the Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series over a two week period with Black History Month as the backdrop/Honoring history and […]

Health

Health Disparities in Gynecologic Cancers

February 20, 2024 admin 0

Each year, thousands of women are diagnosed with gynecologic cancers in the U.S. While cervical, ovarian and uterine cancer affects all races, Black women are often diagnosed at later stages and are more likely to […]

Local

Tiana’s Bayou Adventure Opens This Summer at Walt Disney World

February 13, 2024 admin 0

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (Feb. 13, 2024) – During Mardi Gras in New Orleans – home to Princess Tiana and her big dreams – they say “laissez les bons temps rouler!” And the good times will […]

Local

Local Legal Pioneer D.W. Perkins Honored with Plaque in the Duval County Courthouse

February 8, 2024 admin 0

Members of the Jacksonville community gathered at the Duval County Courthouse for the unveiling of the historic plaque honoring the late Attorney Daniel Webster Perkins. Perkins is notably the first Black lawyer to be allowed […]

Lifestyle

Black Excellence in the Spotlight at Annual Image Awards

February 8, 2024 admin 0

Business leaders, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, sororities/fraternities and community activists were in attendance for the Fifth Annual Jacksonville Image Awards. The formal attire event invited winners to take the stage inside the Nathan H. Wilson Center for […]

Book Reviews

Activist Educator Dr. Umar Johnson Leaves Mark on Duval

February 8, 2024 admin 0

Pan African educator, activist, psychologist, and motivational speaker Dr. Umar Johnson lectured to a packed house audience at the Scottish Rites Cathedral in Springfield. Dr. Johnson’s insights resonated deeply with the packed audience, addressing the urgent […]

Education

Author and Scholar Jelanie Cobb Dialogues Speaks Truth to Power at WJCT Studios

January 26, 2024 admin 0

Jacksonville Today and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund presented ‘A Conversation with Jelani Cobb,’ Columbia Journalism School Dean, staff writer for The New Yorker, and noted author. Jelani Cobb joined Jacksonville Today reporter and Northeast Florida National Association of […]

Entertainment

Ribault Graduate Honing Filmmaker Skills Dialogues with Academy Award Winning Nominated Filmmaker Ava Duvernay

January 26, 2024 admin 0

2017 Disney Dreamer, Ribault graduate and Morehouse student Jordan Mills recently experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sit down and engage in a captivating conversation with filmmaker/producer/director Ava DuVernay. The discussion and dialogue was involving her […]

Local

Old Timers Continue Unity in the Community Tradition

January 25, 2024 admin 0

by Lynn Jones – Author, coach and educator Nathanial Farley organized this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Old-timers Day.’  Held at northside’s Charles ‘Boobie’ Clark Park, the 26th annual event brings together Jaxsons of all […]

Posts navigation

« 1 … 30 31 32 … 140 »

WE APPRECIATE YOU DONATING TO OUR FUND THAT SUPPORTS THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM & THE INDEPENDENT PRESS





Video Of the Week

Twitter

Tweets by @JacksonvilleFP

About JFP

JFPress provides local, state and national news.
Recent Posts
  • First Black Student to Graduate from All-White Public School in 1966 Shares Her Story
  • ‘Top Chef’ winner Tristen Epps-Long redefines Afro-Caribbean cuisine at South Beach Wine & Food Festival
  • Ed. Dept. Dismissed 90% of Discrimination Cases, Report Says
  • The Role of PARP Inhibitors in Prostate Cancer Management
Menu
  • About Us
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe
  • Submit Photo
  • Fictitious Name
  • Event Submission
    • Around Town
    • Church News
Comments
    • About Us
    • Media Kit
    • Subscribe
    • Submit Photo
    • Fictitious Name
    • Event Submission
      • Around Town
      • Church News

    Copyright @ 2026 Website Design by No Regret Media