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Demings Takes the National Stage, While the Mission is Unchanged

July 15, 2022 Staff 0

by Sheila James Mayo, FL – Mayo is a small North Florida town that sits in the crook of the panhandle. Around 1,500 people call the community home.  And for all its diversity, charm, and […]

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NAACP 113th National Convention Focuses on Building Black Power

July 15, 2022 admin 0

ATLANTIC CITY – The NAACP will host its 113th National Convention from July 14 to July 20, 2022 in Atlantic City after two years of virtual programming. For 2 weeks the nation’s most prominent advocacy and […]

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After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade: What Does It Mean for Black Women

July 11, 2022 Staff 0

After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade: What Does It Mean for Black Women NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’re talking about another two or three hundred Black women who will die every year simply because they […]

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NAACP National Convention Comes to N.J. this week with America at a ‘crossroads’

July 11, 2022 Staff 0

By Steven Rodas After Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968, the Rev. DeForest “Buster” Soaries Jr. found his grandmother alone and crying at the dining room table inside her New Jersey home. Then a 16-year-old […]

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Secretary Fudge Visits Local Plagued HUD Housing Locations

July 6, 2022 admin 0

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia L. Fudge and HUD Regional Administrator José Alvarez (Region IV) traveled to Jacksonville to survey the City’s efforts to provide housing and services for people experiencing homelessness. Fudge […]

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Terrance Freeman Becomes 2023 City Council President

July 6, 2022 admin 0

Councilman Terrance Freeman, the current Vice President of the Jacksonville City Council, recently became Council President and is the second straight Black Republican at large Councilman to hold the position. Running for re-election, Freeman will take over […]

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ELECTION 2022: A Report on Ten Black Candidates Running Statewide in 2022

June 1, 2022 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Source www.blackpressusa.com – The year of 2022 will prove to be a major test of the electability of Black statewide candidates as issues around voting rights and justice reform, confront the steady […]

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American Petroleum Institute Lays Out Solutions to Rising Gas Prices

June 1, 2022 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — @StacyBrownMedia – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – A study of fact sheets provided by the American Petroleum Institute suggests that the complicated answer includes more production in […]

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Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams Doesn’t Live in Duval and Might Violate City Law

May 30, 2022 admin 0

by Andrew Pantazi – Updated May 28, 2022 – Sheriff Mike Williams sold his Jacksonville home and moved to suburban Nassau County more than a year ago even as he continued serving as Duval County’s sheriff, […]

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President Biden Prepares to Issue Executive Order on Police Reform

May 26, 2022 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – Following the murder conviction of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin, three other cops were found guilty in federal court of violating Floyd’s […]

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