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Broadway Star with Hometown Roots Delight Baby Boomers

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Broadway Star with Hometown Roots Delight Baby Boomers – Opera luminary N’Kenge was the star of the show for the Jacksonville Symphony’s “Baby Boomers songs of the 60s”. The music of the baby boomers was among […]

Gullah Geechee Commission Remembers the Past, Prepares for the Future

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The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission had a free dinner and celebration, Saturday, February 20, at IBEW Union Hall on Liberty Street. The event was the culmination of a week of hard work and activities remembering […]

Civil Rights Groups Partner To Assist Small Business Owners

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Small business owners learned first-hand how to grow and improve their companies. The Jacksonville Urban League, NAACP Florida State Conference, the Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP, SCLC-Jacksonville Chapter and the National Association of Black Women […]

Best Selling Author Terry McMillan Keynotes UNF’s BHM Program

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Best-selling author Terry McMillan of “Waiting to Exhale” and “How Stella Got Her Groove Back,” was the guest speaker at the 35th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Luncheon in the Adam W. Herbert University […]

HundredsTurn Out for Free Food and Clothes

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JLOC MMM Clothes Give-a-Way Promotes Charity At Home – Jacksonville Local Organizing Committee, Millions More Movement Inc., a local non-profit organization “gave-a-way” clothes and served thousands of pounds of free food to the underserved people that came […]

AKA’s 29th Annual Prayer Brunch Tributes Black History and Excellence

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By: Nikki Torian – Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Pi Eta Omega Chapter held its 29th Annual Prayer Brunch Saturday, February 13th, at 9 a.m. at the Ramada Conference Center Mandarin. The Reverend Dr. Marvin […]

Ribault Girls Win Third 5A Title

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No. 11 from the rafters at Ribault. The Lady Trojans claimed the class 5A Championship after beating Bishop Moore-60-37 last weekend. head Coach Pennick was very emotional after the win and spoke of how much […]

David Manor Celebrates 80th Birthday in Grand Style

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David Manor, one of East Jacksonville’s most well known and beloved seniors, was honored by his daughter, Davida Manor Ward, M.D., at a celebration of his 80th birthday last Saturday at the Doubletree Hilton Hotel. […]

Sigma Gamma Rho At the White House – Leaders Attend President Obama’s Black History Reception

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Hundreds gathered in the East Room of the White House for the Black History Month Reception hosted by President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was one of the […]

National Black Convention to Link Past with Present

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By David Denson and Erick Johnson, Gary Crusader In March of 1972, over nine hundred political activists descended on Gary for an event that would help shape the future of Black politics for decades to […]