August 2026 – Page 172 – Jacksonville Free Press

Sheila Jackson Lee, Pioneering Congresswoman And Champion For Black Americans, Passes Away at 74

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, the long serving Democratic congresswoman from Texas, has passed away at the age of 74 following a battle with pancreatic cancer. “Today, with incredible grief for our loss yet deep gratitude […]

Jerome Brown BBQ Holds 10th Senior Community Day

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Since 1997, Jerome Brown’s BBQ has been a staple in Duval’s Northside community. The family restaurant is operated by family members: father Jerome, mother Joann and daughter Katrina. For ten years, the Brown’s have held […]

Mayo Clinic Scientists Define New Type of Memory Loss in Older Adults

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Researchers at Mayo Clinic have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain’s limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease. The good news: Limbic-predominant Amnestic Neurodegenerative Syndrome, […]

Project 2025 Is The New Southern Manifesto

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“Project 25 is a radical, extreme, pro-authoritarianism plan pushed by conservatives who are desperate to take our country backwards. It is a movement led by far-right extremists that attacks our nation’s founding principles, such as […]

Summer School Tackles Hunger, Diversity, Food Prep and Education

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Home economics may have long disappeared out of public schools, but a local elementary is looking to tackle diversity, food insecurity and preparation all in one swoop. This summer South Woods Elementary is hosted a weekly […]

Cummer Museum Announces New Exhibition Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories An Exploration of America Celebrated Through the Popular Art of Quiltmaking

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. —July 12, 2024 — The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens announced today that Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories, a dynamic exploration of three hundred years of quiltmaking, opened on July 9, 2024, and […]

Month: August 2026

Sheila Jackson Lee, Pioneering Congresswoman And Champion For Black Americans, Passes Away at 74

Jerome Brown BBQ Holds 10th Senior Community Day

Mayo Clinic Scientists Define New Type of Memory Loss in Older Adults

Project 2025 Is The New Southern Manifesto

Summer School Tackles Hunger, Diversity, Food Prep and Education

Cummer Museum Announces New Exhibition Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories An Exploration of America Celebrated Through the Popular Art of Quiltmaking

Republican National Convention Night One: ‘America is Not a Racist Country

Newly Revised Book Teaches Black Students How to Create Generational Wealth in Racist America

Free Swim Lessons Aim to Prevent Child Drownings in Florida

LifeSouth Community Blood Centers Celebrates National Cord Blood Awareness Month in July