August 2026 – Page 730 – Jacksonville Free Press

Racial Disparities In Marijuana Arrests Has Some Cities Rethinking Arrest Policies

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Some cities are finally acknowledging the huge racial disparities in low-level marijuana arrests and promising changes. About 61 percent of Americans say marijuana should be legalized, a sentiment that has increased steady in recent years, […]

The Obsidian Collection, an African-American Newspaper Archive, to Put Its Records Online Free

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Digitizing legacy. That’s the job of the curators behind The Obsidian Collection – archivists for The Chicago Defender, Baltimore Afro American and other historically black newspapers in the United States. Their task is massive: digitize […]

Mellody Hobson to Become Starbucks Vice Chair

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Mellody Hobson climbed another rung on the ladder of success in the Fortune 500 business world, as she solidified her role on Starbucks’ board while holding down two other top board memberships. Few African-Americans have […]

Erica Campbell on Parenting, Restoring Marriage After Adultery and Baring All in New Reality Show

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by Jeannie Law TV One is gearing up for the premiere of “We’re the Campbells,” a new reality series featuring one half of the gospel group Mary Mary, Erica Campbell, her husband, world-renowned music producer […]

Not a Single Woman Made Forbes’ Top 100 Highest-Paid Athletes

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Forbes magazine’s estimate of the world’s top 100 highest-paid athletes in 2018 is truly a boys club. For the first time since 2010, no female athletes made the list, which Forbes dubbed “an all-male affair.” […]

Trump is Considering a Pardon for Boxing Great Muhammad Ali. For What?

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President Donald Trump said he’s considering a pardon for Muhammad Ali. That raises the question: for what? Ali was convicted of draft evasion — and immediately stripped of his heavyweight title — in 1967, after refusing to be […]

Barbados Gets First Female Prime Minister

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ELECTIONS: Mia Mottley has become Barbados’ first female prime minister THE BARBADOS Labour Party (BLP) has won a landslide victory in the country’s elections. The new government will be led by Mia Mottley, the country’s […]

Ralph Tresvant Turns 50 – Keeping the New in New Edition

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By Barry Anderson Ralph Tresvant sang and danced into our hearts and one of the lead singers of the legendary supergroup, New Edition. With songs like “Mr. Telephone Man” and “Cool It Now,” Tresvant and […]

Trump Pardons Boxer Jack Johnson 72 Years After Death

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(Photo credit Wikimedia Commons) By Gregory Korte, USA TODAY President Trump granted a rare and historic posthumous pardon to Jack Johnson 72 years after his death Thursday, clearing the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion of […]

Congressional Black Caucus Introduces Bill Based on Main Street Marshall Plan

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by Marc Morial “Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reins, all are unequal.” – Whitney […]