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Hundreds of carnival revelers were decked out in their Caribbean traditional costumes adorned in colorful beads and elaborate headdress for the 18th annual Jacksonville Caribbean Carnival. The annual event brings the beauty and culture of […]

In just the first few months of the North Riverside Home Repair Program, several families have benefited from the home repair program. To date, five home projects have been completed and three more applications have […]

Non profit and evangelical leader Barbara Patterson has been crowned Ms. Senior Jacksonville in the 14th year of the annual pageant. Hundreds of audience members cheered on the eight contestants at the UNF Herbert Center. […]

The 46th annual Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics of the mind also known as ACT-SO, held its annual competition at the 114th NAACP National Convention held in Boston on July 26th-August 1st. This year, […]

Nouvo Studio Natural Hair and Wellness Center continued to pour into the next generation with their 5th annual ‘Beauty for Tweens,’ Wellness Day. More than thirty tweens were privy to a day filled with interactive […]

National beauty influencer and entrepreneur Cynthia Meadows is a master hair stylist and founder of A’Bliss Studios. Her love for hair was birthed through her mom’s prayers as a child. “Everyday she prayed and anointed […]

It was a packed house at the seventh annual Jacksonville Homeless Students Empowered through Leadership, Partnerships & Service (HELPS) Celebrity Basketball Game. Held at Paxon School for Advanced Studies, the teens from the I’m A […]

Washington, D.C.—Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (“ASALH”), is announcing a National Membership Campaign to attract new members to the nation’s oldest African American […]