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Taking Care of Our Own: Jax Cares in Covid Times

May 26, 2020 admin 0

Snack Pack Program Serves Duval County Youth  The Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida celebrated their community partnerships as Club members and youth in Duval County Public Schools received weekly snack packs delivered to […]

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Judge Rules Modern Poll Tax Can’t Restrict Florida’s Former Offenders from Voting

May 25, 2020 Staff 0

Rodney Johnson, 47, walks out of the County Center after registering to vote for the first time.  Johnson was released from prison in 2000. Since the passing of Amendment 4, Johnson is allowed to register […]

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U.S. Attorney’s Office Investigating D.A. and Police in Ahmaud Arbury Case

May 25, 2020 Staff 0

By Tonya Pendleton Ahmaud Arbery Ahmaud Arbery‘s family lawyer Lee Merritt says that the FBI is opening an investigation into the Brunswick, Georgia district attorney’s office, and the police who initially investigated Arbery’s shooting. In […]

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Greek Community Aiding Local Citizens

May 14, 2020 admin 0

The Pi Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Sorority served breakfast at the crack of dawn to nurses and support staff at the Orange Park Medical Center this week. 150 breakfasts were served along with […]

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Protests Still Making Their Mark for Change

May 13, 2020 admin 0

Since the 1960’s, people of color have participated in an impressive amount of protests to make their mark on the nation.  Whether or not you agree with the causes, you can’t deny that people have […]

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Author Wins Pulitzer Prize for Book Based on Florida’s Dozier Reform School

May 8, 2020 Staff 0

Author Colson Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys,” a book about a brutal reform school for black boys in the Jim Crow South, on Monday won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It is the second time in […]

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Men Charged in the Murder of #Joggingwhileblack

May 8, 2020 Staff 0

In quiet Brunswick, Georgia, a mere 55 miles from Jacksonville, FL, it seems Ahmaud Arbery might finally see some justice.  The day before what would have been his 26th birthday, The Georgia Bureau of investigation […]

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Jax NAACP Says Foul Play Involved in Local Unopposed Judge Election

May 8, 2020 Staff 0

The Jacksonville Branch NAACP has condemned what it calls the “last minute” maneuvers of attorneys Michael Kalil in a coup to win a Florida judge seat. The unopposed candidate is calling claims that he schemed to […]

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Georgia District Attorney Vows to Bring Shooting of Unarmed Black Man to Grand Jury

May 5, 2020 admin 0

By David K. Li – Ahmaud Arbery was gunned down on Feb. 23 in Brunswick, by neighbors who claimed they thought he was a burglar. His family says he was just jogging. Georgia prosecutors said […]

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Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing Sites Are Targeting The Black Community

May 4, 2020 admin 0

By A.R. Shaw | May 4, 2020 Georgia made national headlines after Gov. Brian Kemp decided to reopen the state during the global pandemic. But with Georgia’s COVID-19 cases expected to rise, testing has become […]

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