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Lenoir City’s 22nd Annual Rockin’ the Docks Kicks off Summer

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–LENOIR CITY, TENNESSEE—MAY 2022—Memorial Day celebration features food, music and fireworks. Lenoir City’s Rockin’ the Docks brings thousands together for summer days filled with music and family fun on Fort Loudoun Lake. Twice each summer Lenoir City […]

Roe v. Wade Reversal: 50 Steps Forward…

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Are We Really Having This Conversation in 2022? Source: www.21ninety.com) – There has been an ongoing uproar about the Supreme Court’s vote to reverse Roe v. Wade. In a leaked initial draft majority opinion written by […]

Stage Aurora Theatrical Company Inspired Acting and the Joy of Theater in Young Artists

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For more than twenty years, Stage Aurora Theatrical Company, Inc., has enlightened fans in the underserved community of Jacksonville’s Northside with professional theatre reflecting the Black experience. “We aim to build bridges of understanding between […]

Zetas Heighten Autism Awareness

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The women of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc, Beta Alpha Zeta Chapter donated six sensory baskets to Sallye B. Mathis Elementary school teachers to aid in their awareness for autistic students. A basket was given […]

Building an Economic Legacy in Jacksonville

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Jacksonville based Alpha Beta Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, hosted its annual Building Your Economic Legacy seminar Saturday, April 30, 2022. The keynote speakers included Chelsea Phillips and Jonathan Baety. Ms. Phillips […]

Black Man Named Teacher of the Year

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President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden recently honored Kurt Russell as the 2022 National Teacher of the Year, as schools continue to recruit and hire more Black-male teachers. President Biden and First Lady […]

Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump Says Wells Fargo’s Discriminatory Loan Practices is Killing Black Opportunity

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By David Major – www.blackenterprise.comOn Monday, civil rights attorney Ben Crump held a press conference alleging Wells Fargo’s discriminatory loan practices kills Black opportunity. Crump, who has represented the families of Ahmaud Abery and Breonna Taylor, held the conference […]