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[ August 7, 2026 ] FAMU Strike Tour Rallies Jacksonville Alumni to Invest in Student-Athletes, HBCU Excellence News>Education
[ August 7, 2026 ] Fisk University President Defends Proposed Data Center as Part of $900M Campus Vision News>Education
[ August 7, 2026 ] Jacksonville Students Earn National ACT-SO Medals, Scholarships at NAACP Competition Community
[ August 7, 2026 ] Fanatics Fest: Beyond the Game Where Sports and Culture Meet Sports
[ August 7, 2026 ] Remembering Dr. Charles Simmons Obituaries

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Local High School Students & Entrepreneurs Empowered Through Foundation Intern Grant

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Local black businesses have the opportunity to impart their entrepreneurial wisdom while enriching local students’ career hopes and pockets thanks to the Annie Ruth Foundation. The Foundation’s Summer Internship Program, presently in its fourth year, […]

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Paxon Students Virtues Awarded for Outstanding Achievement

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Paxon High School recently celebrated Underclassmen Awards Night, honoring two students, per grade level selected by faculty as outstanding examples of the words found on Paxon’s school crest, “excellentia, constantia, integritas, and caritas,” defining the school’s […]

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Saint Paul AME Honors First Lady

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Over the weekend several hundred of Jacksonville’s ecumenical community attended “An Evening of Elegance,” presented by the Violet Williams Women’s Missionary Society of Saint Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church. The event was in honor of the […]

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Kamala Harris Wins California U.S. Senate Primary

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Harris is on track to become the second black woman in the U.S. Senate By Frederick H. Lowe California Attorney General Kamala Harris moved a step closer to becoming the second black woman to take […]

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Transgender Issues Do Not Compare to Black Issues

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“Transgender” has become the new “black.” In the short span of four months, transgenderism has gone from occasional media coverage of transgender celebrities — Caitlyn Jenner and actor Laverne Cox of the hit Netflix series […]

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Andre 3000: On Prince, Sex and Why he Stopped Being Vegan

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Listed as one of the best rappers of 2000, Andre Lauren Benjamin, better known as Andre’ 3000 or Andre’ Three Stacks, is a father, songwriter, actor and even an entrepreneur. He started a clothing line […]

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New Student Union Coming to BCU

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Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) announces the approval for plans to build a new student life center. The center will be a four-story, 110,000 sq ft building designed to centralize the university’s diverse array of student life […]

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City Offering Free Swimming Lessons for Youth

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From the ocean to rivers, swimming pools to ponds, water has a substantial presence throughout Jacksonville and its communities. With such easy access, water-related education and awareness are important in keeping citizens safe. As Healthy […]

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See Obamas’ Next Home: 9 Bedrooms in a Wealthy Washington Neighborhood

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The 8,200-square-foot, nine-bedroom home in Washington’s Kalorama neighborhood where President Obama and his family will live after he leaves office next year. Credit Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times By Julie Hirschfeld Davis, nytimes.com […]

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Little Miss African American Scholarship Pageant Announces Nationwide Registration for 23rd Annual Event

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On Sunday, August 7, a very lucky group of young women will be inducted into a program that has become a national tradition for 23 years now. The date marks the return of the 23rd […]

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