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Councilwoman Brown’s Town Hall Meeting Brings City Leaders Together in One Room

September 10, 2015 Staff 0

2015 Incoming City of Jacksonville District 8 Councilwoman Katrina Brown held her first Town Hall meeting, Thursday, September 3 at the Bradham-Brooks Library. At least 100 residents in District 8 came out to hear Councilwoman […]

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MSNBC Moves Al Sharpton To Sunday Mornings

August 28, 2015 Staff 0

Reverend Al Sharpton, who has hosted an early-evening program onMSNBC for four years, is moving to a once-a-week perch at the NBCUniversal-owned cable-news network as it seeks to focus more intently on breaking-news coverage and […]

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Judges Assigned to Rule on Makeup of Corrine Brown’s Congressional District

August 26, 2015 Staff 0

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief After the Florida Republican-dominated state legislature failed to redraw Rep. Corrine Brown’s congressional district and seven others that had been gerrymandered to favor Republicans, a three-judge federal panel was […]

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In Iowa, Sanders Says He Will Address Racial Divisions

August 17, 2015 Staff 0

Ken Thomas, ASSOCIATED PRESS   LONG GROVE, Iowa (AP) — After bounding atop a blue trailer in a community park, Bernie Sanders quickly reminded people here that Iowa had helped elect the nation’s first black […]

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In a Change from 2008, Clinton Talking Often about Race

July 27, 2015 Staff 0

Bill Barrow – GREENVILLE, South Carolina (AP) In her second bid for the presidency, Hillary Rodham Clinton is discussing “systemic racism” and making the issue a hallmark of her campaign, as she looks to connect with the […]

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Ferguson Hires Black Interim Police Chief

July 23, 2015 Staff 0

By Frederick H. Lowe Ferguson, Missouri, the scene of a violent rebellion following the shooting death of unarmed black teenager by one of the St. Louis suburb’s cops, has hired an interim police chief, its […]

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Reflections: Mayor Alvin Brown Speaks on the Past Four Years

July 6, 2015 Staff 0

Mayor Alvin Brown recently spoke exclusively with the Free Press’s Lynn Jones answering questions on the past four years and advancements made during his administration. Visit www.jacksonvillefreepress.com under Politics to read what Jacksonville’s first African-American Mayor […]

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Donald Trump: African American Youth Have Lost Their Spirit

July 6, 2015 Staff 0

On the same day that a New Hampshire poll put Donald Trump second in the race to be the Republican Party’s nominee for president in 2016, the New York mogul said that African-American youths had […]

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Mayor Curry Announces Key Appointments

July 6, 2015 Staff 0

Mayor Lenny Curry has appointed Kerri Stewart as his Chief-of-Staff; former City Councilman Dr. Johnny Gaffney as the Mayor’s Liaison to Boards and Commissions; former City Councilwoman E. Denise Lee as Director of Blight Initiatives; […]

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Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Restore Voting Rights Act

July 3, 2015 Staff 0

By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Legislation that would retool and restore the Voting Rights Act was introduced in Congress on June 24. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), […]

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