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Comedian Cocoa Brown Wows Her Audience with Educational Humor, Fun and Everyday Life

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By Lynn Jones – Appearing at Jacksonville Comedy Club, Friday, August 5th and Saturday, August 6, is Southern girl and single mom Cocoa Brown! Well-known for her role on Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse, Ted 2, Single […]

Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., Last Surviving Birmingham Bomber, Denied Parole

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by CORKY SIEMASZKO An Alabama parole board has denied the last surviving Birmingham church bomber’s first attempt to get out of prison. Thomas Edwin Blanton Jr., an 86-year-old Ku Klux Klansman serving a life sentence for […]

Uber Passenger Raises Over $8,000 to Send Driver to Rio to Watch His Son Compete in the Olympics

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Thanks to the efforts of an Uber passenger, an Olympian’s father is now heading to Rio to watch his son compete. Uber driver Ellis Hill was driving passenger Liz Willock on an hour-long trip in […]

BLACK AND GOLD: Blacks Ready to Dominate Rio 2016 Summer Games

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By Erick Johnson and J. Coyden Palmer, Crusader Gold always looks good on black. Together, they radiate the dominance and grace of a dynasty. From the ornate relics inside the grand palaces of kings and […]

Ava DuVernay Becomes First Woman of Color to Direct a $100m Film

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Ava DuVernay Nigel M. Smith, theguardian.com Ava DuVernay has made history as the first woman of color to direct a live-action film that boasts a budget over $100m, with Disney’s upcoming A Wrinkle in Time. […]

Changing Party Affiliation is Not the Answer to Impacting Local Elections

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by Leslie Jean-Bart The Supervisor of Elections offices have been inundated with voters switching from Democrat, Independent, and NPA (no party affiliation) to Republican. Is there a conservative wave taking over Northeast Florida? Not quite. […]

Serena Williams Teaches You How to Twerk

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Williams Sisters’ Olympic Doubles Loss Not ‘Devastating,’ Serena Says

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In what many are calling a shocker, Venus and Serena Williams – already three-time Olympic doubles gold medalists – experienced their first Olympic loss together on Sunday to Czech Republic pair Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, […]

Double the Fun, Twins Celebrate 89 years of A Blessed Life

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89 year old twins Vanestine Small and Christine Jenkins celebrated their birthdays, Friday, August 5th. Family and friends gathered at Carrabba’s Italian Restaurant to celebrate the twin’s legacy. Born in 1927, the native Jacksonville sisters stuck together […]

My Brothers Keeper in Heart and Health

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By Lynn Jones – Faithfully every morning at the Johnson Family YMCA, men, women, young adults, teens and children from various walks of life and neighborhoods begin their daily workout. Programs include the active adult […]