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Ojoyo Art Featured in Regional Exhibit

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The Larimer Arts Center in Platka, Florida recenlty featured five artist in the “Metamorphosis II, The Evolution of the Black Artist” exhibit. The featured artists were Eddie B. Roundtree (Painter), Evangeline Johnson ( Painter), Targi […]

In Remembrance: Joshua Mosley, Jr.

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Joshua Mosley Jr, a longtime resident, businessman and owner of the Parlor Dry Cleaners on Dunn Ave and restaurant and club owner of Executive’s LTD in Jacksonville, FL. He departed peacefully and unexpectedly on Sunday, […]

Community Trustees for Civil Rights Lauded

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In the state of Florida, diversity, equity and inclusion has become very low on the priority list. For hundreds of years, African Americans have had to fight for their civil rights on their jobs, for […]

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Home for Street Naming

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By Jazmine Santillana Miami Times Staff Writer – United States Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson returned to her hometown March 6 for special recognition by the Miami-Dade County Commission as it renamed a street […]

Center Inspire More Women to Get a Mammogram to Screen for Breast Cancer.

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By Dr. Catherine Kasper – We’re more than a month into the year and I’m still working to hold onto many of the resolutions and goals I set for 2023. For me, there’s one resolution that […]

Women of Color’s Annual Luncheon Goes Red for Heart Health

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This year’s Women of Color Cultural Foundation ‘Go Red’ theme represented the annual Heart of a Women Luncheon event for women to learn the signs of a heart attack, signs of a stroke and how to correctly manage stress. […]

HUD’s Six Black Secretaries

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by Austin R. Cooper Jr. – via www.washingtoninformer.com – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was created under President Lyndon B. Johnson on Sept. 9, 1965 to allow the federal government […]

Embrace Challenge of Black History Month

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By www.readingeagle.com – Black History Month by its very name encourages Americans to look back on past struggles and triumphs of Black Americans. It’s an important topic involving hundreds of years of history, and people […]

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson Proposes Minimum $60K Salary for Teachers in New Bill

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By Johania Charles Miami Times Staff Writer – via www.miamitimesonline.com – While U.S. school districts look to recover from a mass exodus of teachers brought on by various factors – including the COVID-19 pandemic and […]

The Roots of Southern Cuisines Festival Tributes Black History, Distributes Veggies in Food Desert

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Amazon and Altar’d State spent the weekend giving back at White Harvest Farms during its 2nd annual food festival, “The Roots of Southern Cuisine Food Festival.” The festival was hosted at White Harvest Farms in […]