August 2026 – Page 762 – Jacksonville Free Press

Weekend Brunch Highlights the Spirit of Friendship in Business

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Black Finn Restaurant at the St. Johns Town Center was the site for the inaugural “Table for 25 Business Bestie Brunch” presented by entrepreneur Myesha Jones. The event was a morning of inspiration with visionary […]

Fans Brave Cold Temps to See Playoff Bound Jags Play

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In the team’s first sellout since the 2016 season vs. Green Bay, the Jacksonville Jaguars defeated the Seattle Seahawks, 30-24, and now sit atop the AFC South in sole possession of first place. The Jacksonville […]

Car, Cash and Toys Among Wayman Temples Season of Giving

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Residents living in the Eureka Gardens Apartments and the surrounding neighborhood were among participants in Wayman Temple’s 10th Annual Community Christmas Fellowship event held Saturday, December 9th on the church grounds. The standing room only event was stocked […]

Paxon Pinning Ceremony Honors Multicultural Excellence

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The Paxon School for Advance Studies International Baccalaureate (IB) Junior Pinning ceremony was held last week in the school auditorium. Hundreds of students witnessed junior student candidates receive their pin for their studies in honoring […]

Omarosa Manigault Slams Report That She Was Fired

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by C. Gregg Omarosa Manigault Newman, wife of Jacksonville Pastor John Newman, shut down reports that she was fired from the Trump administration on Thursday morning, telling Michael Strahan that claims of her dramatic White House exit […]

Black Women Are A Political Organizing Force. They’re Not Unicorns.

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By Julia Craven, huffingtonpost.com It was early Wednesday morning, and DeJuana Thompson, founder of Woke Vote, still hadn’t slept. She’d spent the months leading up to the special Senate election in Alabama coordinating with thousands […]

Activist, 10, Makes Appeal to Trump on Behalf of Haitian Immigrants

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by Jared Mcallister (NY Daily News) The Trump administration’s plans to finally terminate Temporary Protected Status designation for Haiti rocked advocates, organizations— and the close to 60,000 men women and children who face deportation and […]

CNN to Launch ‘The Van Jones Show’ in January

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PHOTO CHELSEA/VARIETY by Brian Steinberg (Variety)Van Jones, the civil rights advocate and former Obama administration advisor, will get a regular bimonthly slot on CNN’s primetime schedule with “The Van Jones Show.”The one-hour program will launch […]

Activist, 10, makes appeal to Trump on behalf of Haitian immigrants

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Black & White Ball Charity Raises Funds to Tackle Homelessness in Jax

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Seventeen years ago after leaving church one Sunday, mother and son duo Jackie and Cal Davis encountered a shivering homeless man. Cal was so overwhelmed in considering his own blessed life that he gave the […]