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7th Graders Attend College Fair Embarking on 7 Year Success Journey

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By Carla Meche Over one hundred children and their parents got in the college spirit with the I’m A Star Foundation’s Family Empowerment Forum and College Fair. The event was held inside the gym at Ribault High […]

Gamma Rho Omega Goes Red for Heart Health

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Nearly 250 people attended a morning of heart education when Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Gamma Rho Omega Chapter held their annual ‘Pink Goes Red” event with The Bethel Church Healthy Bethel ministry. The event […]

Legacy of Brewster Hospital Honored

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Local nursing students received firsthand insight into the lives of the city’s Black nurses during segregation at a program sponsored by the First Coast Black Nurses’ Association and the Nursing department at FSCJ. Brewster Hospital, […]

Mayor Honors Raines High School Football State Champions with Proclamation

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Following a near-perfect football season, the William M. Raines High School football team was honored today with a proclamation by Mayor Lenny Curry for their state championship win. The Vikings defeated Cocoa High School 13-10 […]

Florida House Approves Mary McLeod Bethune Statue to Replace Confederate in the U.S. Capitol

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By a vote of 111-1 on Tuesday afternoon, February 20, 2018, the Florida House approved HB 139 to place a statue of Mary McLeod Bethune in U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. The bill was signed by […]

Blackhawks Ban 4 Fans From Home Games for Racist Taunt

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BY ESPN The Blackhawks have banned four fans from their home games for directing racist taunts toward Washington Capitals forward Devante Smith-Pelly. The Blackhawks also apologized to Smith-Pelly and the Capitals. “Racist comments and other […]

Chicago Police are Investigating Widow of Dennis Edwards, Former Temptations Lead Singer, for Abuse

August 7, 2026 admin 0

Dennis Edwards By Frederick H. Lowe The widow of Dennis Edwards, former Temptations’ lead singer who recently passed, is being investigated for physically abusing him, but it is not clear if the alleged abuse caused […]

Yale Medical School Finds Promising Treatment for Vitiligo

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Man suffering from vitiligo By Frederick H. Lowe A team of dermatologists has successfully restored the skin color of men and women suffering from vitiligo, a chronic autoimmune disease that destroys skin pigment, leaving white […]

Was the First Lady of the Confederacy Black?

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By Frederick H. Lowe Jefferson Davis, president of Confederate States of America, was married during the Civil War to Varina Howell Davis, a mulatto or black woman. Several historians who have studied her and her […]

Report: Brando and Pryor Were Lovers

August 7, 2026 admin 0

The Godfather gets made or is it laid by Richard Pryor Quincy Jones said in an interview with “Vulture” that Academy Award-winning actor Marlon Brando had an affair with acclaimed standup comedian Richard Pryor. It’s […]