August 2026 – Page 746 – Jacksonville Free Press

Michelle Obama’s Memoir to be Published in November

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A global publication date of Tuesday, November 13, 2018, has been set for the highly anticipated memoir by Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States of America. Titled BECOMING, Mrs. Obama’s book will […]

Trump Administration Appoints Its First Minority Director to the Small Business Administration

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by Adedamola Agboola Ashley Bell will take the reins of the Small Business Administration’s Southeast Region as its new director, the White House announced Monday. The Georgia native, who will be sworn in Monday, Feb. 26, […]

Annual Black History Brain Brawl Honors Youth Historians

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By Mike Bonts A February tradition, the James Lee Coon Jr. African American History Brian Brawl completion was held last weekend at Edward Waters College. Elementary, middle school and high schools from across North Florida turned out […]

Local New Black Panther Party Lectures at FAMU

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By Nyasha Baly / The Famuan “History has been robbed from your mind. This country is the United Snakes of America.” said James Muhammad as he helped lead a discussion on Black on Black love […]

Gala Promotes the B.E.S.T. of Jacksonville

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The Black Entrepreneur SisTer Society USA (B.E.S.T.) held its inaugural gala in Jacksonville last weekend at the Prime Osborn Convention Center. The gala was an event honoring local African American Women Entrepreneurs. forty-eight gifted and talented women were […]

Thousands Rally in Tally for Gun Reform

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Winter Park businessman Phillip Levine’s campaign helped organize a rally for gun law reforms that took place in Tallahassee called ‘Rally in Tally for Gun Reform.’ Buses came from all around the country for the […]

Gamma Rho Omega Goes Red for Heart Health

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Nearly 250 people attended a morning of heart education when Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Gamma Rho Omega Chapter held their annual ‘Pink Goes Red” event with The Bethel Church Healthy Bethel ministry. The event […]

Legacy of Brewster Hospital Honored

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Local nursing students received firsthand insight into the lives of the city’s Black nurses during segregation at a program sponsored by the First Coast Black Nurses’ Association and the Nursing department at FSCJ. Brewster Hospital, […]

Mayor Honors Raines High School Football State Champions with Proclamation

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Following a near-perfect football season, the William M. Raines High School football team was honored today with a proclamation by Mayor Lenny Curry for their state championship win. The Vikings defeated Cocoa High School 13-10 […]

Florida House Approves Mary McLeod Bethune Statue to Replace Confederate in the U.S. Capitol

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By a vote of 111-1 on Tuesday afternoon, February 20, 2018, the Florida House approved HB 139 to place a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. The bill was signed by […]