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By Chelsea Ashley The Academy has come a long way since the #OscarsSoWhite catastrophe in 2016. Three years ago, the dominant conversation was about the lack of representation in the nominations. Since the January announcement […]

By Kevin Carrico, Vice President of Operations, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Florida “Community outraged after 6 deaths in 4 days of Jacksonville gun violence.” That was the headline on News4JAX today, and it’s true. The […]

by Reggie Fullwood It is hard for most African Americans to imagine why any white person would think that it is perfectly OK to put black paint on their face and mimic being a Black […]

Angela Davis BIRMINGHAM – An Alabama civil rights museum reversed course after a public outcry and reinstated a human rights award to activist Angela Davis that it had previously rescinded, the organization announced Friday. The […]

The great Shirley Chisholm once said, “Service is the rent you pay for room on this earth.” Last week was Thanksgiving and we all obviously have much to be thankful for. Just waking up each […]

by Reggie Fullwood In the old days of politics there existed dinosaurs called “statesmen.” Those dinosaur statesmen certainly played the political game, but there were rules, respect and an overwhelming sense of responsibility and perspective. […]

By Cyntay Royal – The citizens affected by both the crack and the opioid epidemics are pawns for the agenda of the corporations of America at the cost of its citizens. The history of the […]

Last week, I sat in a barber shop and heard several young Black men talking about Donald Trump and Kanye West. Yeah, West is clearly suffering from some form of mental illness these days, but […]

The great civil right lawyer and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall was passionate about educating Blacks on the good and bad aspects of the justice system.  As counsel to the NAACP, he utilized the judiciary […]