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First Coast Talk Show Opens Door to Empower and Share Black Women’s Journeys Through Life

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By Lynn JonesTurpin – To create a ministerial atmosphere for women to discuss their journey and plights in life, ‘The Green Room’ talk show host Mischell Glenn opened her stage for a live studio audience […]

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FAMU Athletics Local Living Legends

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Florida A&M Interim (FAMU) Director of Athletics, Interim Athletic Director Michael Smith and Head Football Coach Willie Simmons were in Duval recently to meet with the local Rattler Athletic Fund (RAF) and Rattler Booster family. […]

TMZ Says R. Kelly Engaged to Alleged Victim Jocelyn Savage

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Kelly and Savage R. Kelly is engaged to be married to one of his alleged victims, Joycelyn Savage … at least that’s what she’s saying in a letter to the judge — and her family says they had […]

Condoleezza Rice Becomes NFL Owner

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DENVER — The Broncos new ownership group added another big name this week. Rob Walton of the Walton-Penner group, which purchased the franchise for $4.65 billion last month, pending NFL approval, announced that former U.S. […]

LA Lakers Unite Scotty Pippen Jr. and Shaq’s Son, Shareef O’Neal for Their Summer League

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The LA Lakers summer league roster players started practice for the upcoming California Classic in San Francisco and NBA 2K23 in Las Vegas, according to ESPN. The two sons of the superstars practiced at the […]

Overturning Roe v. Wade Weakens Our Union

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By The Honorable James E. Clyburn (D-SC), House Majority Whip The statement of purpose in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution says, “in order to create a more perfect Union.” While I often focus on […]

After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade: What Does It Mean for Black Women

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After the Repeal of Roe v. Wade: What Does It Mean for Black Women NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’re talking about another two or three hundred Black women who will die every year simply because they […]

NAACP National Convention Comes to N.J. this week with America at a ‘crossroads’

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By Steven Rodas After Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968, the Rev. DeForest “Buster” Soaries Jr. found his grandmother alone and crying at the dining room table inside her New Jersey home. Then a 16-year-old […]

Florida’s 7 Best Fried Chicken Spots to Celebrate National Fried Chicken Day

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Chicken is the heritage bird in African-American cuisine. Each state has it own localized fried chicken joint or restaurant where it is highly respected by both young folks and elders alike. African-American fried chicken has […]