Year: 2026

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of people gathered Saturday at Clanzel T. Brown Park for the 11th Annual Duval Day, celebrating Jacksonville’s culture, local businesses and community pride in an event that concluded without incident, according […]

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — On this day 62 years ago, the Civil Rights Movement in St. Augustine climbed to another level. On June 18, 1964, a photo was taken of young black people swimming in […]

Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.’s Sigma Pi Lambda and Upsilon Lambda Chapters joined community members at Jean Ribault High School for the annual March for Babies Community Walk & Run, raising $3,000 to […]

by Sylvia Perry For generations, Black Americans were denied equal access to higher education through segregation, discriminatory admissions policies, unequal public school funding and laws that barred many colleges and universities from admitting Black students. […]

by Sylvia Perry Fawn Weaver, the entrepreneur who transformed the forgotten story of an enslaved distiller into one of America’s fastest-growing whiskey brands, has been removed from all involvement with Uncle Nearest as the company […]

By Phenix S HalleyThe NAACP is making the largest midterm election investment in its 117-year history, unveiling a $20 million voter mobilization campaign aimed at reaching millions of Black voters before the November elections. The “Get […]

Jacksonville, FL — Kelly Frazier of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville is calling on residents across the city to attend the upcoming JSO Town Halls and make their voices heard in support of a comprehensive, […]

by Aswad Walker | Houston Defender Facing historic setbacks, Black communities must build a 21st-century Underground Railroad for genuine geographic and/or systemic freedom. Credit: Gemini AI. We have arrived at a terrifyingly familiar crossroads. Over the […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Public Education Fund (JPEF) is proud to announce that President Rachael Tutwiler Fortune has been named incoming Board Chair of the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations, the statewide membership organization that […]

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — The family of Nolan Xavier Wells, the 18-year-old Mississippi college football player whose body was found after he disappeared during a Fourth of July boating trip, has retained nationally known civil […]