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Eatonville, Florida, the first town organized, governed and incorporated by African Americans, will mark its 130th anniversary with a celebration on Saturday and Sunday that will include a town cleanup and a ceremony to honor […]

by Reggie Fullwood As one of my pastor friends likes to say, “Let me just cut across the field” on this Colin Kaepernick issue because quite frankly I am pissed off about it. The National […]

Let me just jump right on my soapbox and start this sermon off being direct as possible. I don’t give a darn if OJ Simpson is freed or not. Last week, the big talk was […]

“In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute,” said Thurgood Marshall, In the 1930s the Great Depression affected every nation on earth – some more than others. U.S. President […]

by Reggie Fullwood Seven years later, are we better with Obamacare? Congressional Republicans and The Donald don’t think so, but their healthcare plans don’t look viable at all. In fact, the latest Senate health care […]

As a black man with a young adult son I have had to have “the conversation” more times than I can remember. The conversation of what black men should do when pulled over by the […]

by Reggie Fullwood One of my grandmother’s favorite bible verses is from the Book of Luke, “To whom much is given, much will be required.” Pretty self explanatory, but it basically means that we are […]

While visiting the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture, 87-year-old Isabell Meggett Lucas saw the home she was born and raised in restored. Unbeknownst to her, her tiny two-bedroom house was formerly for […]

High School Athletes Durability and Stamina Focus of Annual Invitational Track Meet Jacksonville native daughter, American track and field athlete Chandra Danette Cheeseborough held her 27th annual Chandra Cheeseborough Invitational track meet, Saturday April 1st […]

 by Ben Frazier   The City of Jacksonville has a long history of corrupt and racist politics. For years, the white city fathers supported a power structure that ignored the rights of black residents and even allowed […]