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The 46th annual Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics of the mind also known as ACT-SO, held its annual competition at the 114th NAACP National Convention held in Boston on July 26th-August 1st. This year, […]

Non profit and evangelical leader Barbara Patterson has been crowned Ms. Senior Jacksonville in the 14th year of the annual pageant. Hundreds of audience members cheered on the eight contestants at the UNF Herbert Center. […]

It was a packed house at the seventh annual Jacksonville Homeless Students Empowered through Leadership, Partnerships & Service (HELPS) Celebrity Basketball Game. Held at Paxon School for Advanced Studies, the teens from the I’m A […]

National beauty influencer and entrepreneur Cynthia Meadows is a master hair stylist and founder of A’Bliss Studios. Her love for hair was birthed through her mom’s prayers as a child. “Everyday she prayed and anointed […]

Washington, D.C.—Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney, President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (“ASALH”), is announcing a National Membership Campaign to attract new members to the nation’s oldest African American […]

By V. Dunbar – Duval County middle and high school students are receiving the rare opportunity to run their own business through the Annie Ruth Foundation and Fresh Ministries summer youth programs. Youth are gaining valuable […]

The Northside Lifting Our Various Enterprises (L.O.V.E) event promotes and uplifts black businesses in Duval County.  Held on the Northside on Soutel Drive adjacent to the Bob Hayes Legends center, the event supports over 150 black-owned […]

Quench The Violence nonprofit has been serving the Jacksonville community for over 20 years under the leadership of Disciples of Christ Pastor Robert LeCount. The annual bike ride was kicked off by Sheriff TK Waters […]

The Third Annual Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant was held at the Ritz Theatre. The Miss Juneteenth Scholarship Pageant is not to be mistaken for a beauty pageant. It is a cultural pageant steeped in the […]

After a three year absence due to COVID, the Stanton Gala committee representing the alumni of Stanton, New Stanton and Stanton Vocational school, made plans to bring the classes together again. The Gala, the brainchild of […]