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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, Florida – July 17, 2026 – HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital has received three American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards for demonstrating a commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart […]

It was like a “Tale of Two Cities”: The best of times and the Worst of Times. It was the best of times for the hundreds of immigrants that were sworn in as U.S. naturalized […]

By Lynn Jones-Turpin | While most Americans celebrate freedom on the Fourth of July and many associate Black freedom with the emancipation of proclamation, Jacksonville veteran Allen Bird believes another date deserves national recognition. Bird […]

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 […]

The leadership of Alpha Omega and Kappa Psi Chapters of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., held a special “Conversation and Book Signing” event with U.S. Representative James E. Clyburn, on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, from 7 p.m. to […]

Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson speaks to police and youth attending a 5000 Role Models conference at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on Nov. 1, 2022. (Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald/TNS By Rep. Frederica S. […]

by Sylvia Perry More than a century after Madam C.J. Walker shattered economic barriers by becoming America’s first self-made female millionaire, a new generation of Black wealth creators is redefining what financial success looks like […]

The Sulzbacher took another major step in its decades-long mission to combat homelessness Friday, breaking ground on the next phase of its transformative Enterprise Village development in Northwest Jacksonville. City officials, community leaders and nonprofit […]

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. […]