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[ October 15, 2026 ] Black in Jax Anime Makes History at WasabiCon, Celebrating Representation and Community Local
[ October 14, 2026 ] Black Public Media Brings the Story of ‘The Morgue Twins,’ to YouTube Entertainment
[ October 14, 2026 ] Delta’s Present Sax in the City Greek Life
[ October 14, 2026 ] Good Soil Forum Returns to Award $500,000 to Entrepreneurs and Founders Ready for Growth Religion
[ October 14, 2026 ] Domestic Violence Claims 21 Lives in Duval, Awareness Campaign Launched Community

HBCU Students for Biden and Black Students for Biden: ‘Four More Years of Trump Means Death for Many African Americans’

September 10, 2020 admin 0

#NNPA BLACKPRESS – NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We can’t continue to live in fear with the police’s militarization and where Black lives don’t matter. If we don’t change the face of what democracy looks like in […]

Trump Acknowledges He Intentionally Downplayed The Coronavirus Despite Knowing It Was Deadly

September 10, 2020 admin 0

By Victor Omondi – Donald Trump acknowledged downplaying the Coronavirus at the beginning of the year even though he knew the virus was deadly and much more serious than the seasonal flu. In one of a […]

Black Owned Line of Bulletproof Vest for Adults and Children Sees 400% Increase in Sales

September 9, 2020 admin 0

By Black Enterprise Editors – Thyk Skynn, a Black-owned line of fashionable bulletproof vests for men, women, and children, has seen a nearly 400 percent increase in sales over the past few weeks as Americans […]

American Airlines is Making Black Lives Matter Pins for Crew Members, Upsetting Some Employees

September 8, 2020 admin 0

By Kyle Arnold – American Airlines is making Black Lives Matter pins for crew members, upsetting some employees. Some crew think they won’t be allowed to wear pins in support of law enforcement. American Airlines is […]

Kanye West Dropped from Presidential Ballot in Wisconsin

September 8, 2020 admin 0

By Rolling Out – Kanye West has been removed from the presidential ballot in Wisconsin. The “All Day” hitmaker’s campaign to be president of the United States has been rocked by another blow after the Wisconsin Elections Commission […]

Black Families Sue Over 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ Massacre in Tulsa

September 3, 2020 admin 0

By A.R. Shaw | September 3, 2020 | The Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was one of the wealthiest areas in the nation during the early 1900s. The community featured dozens of businesses, […]

Black Rose Foundation Scholarship Recipients Announced

September 3, 2020 admin 0

The Black Rose Foundation for Children recently announced their 2020 James V. Brooks Memorial Scholarship Recipients. The purpose of the scholarship is to assist Duval County high school graduates to continue their music interest during […]

For this Teacher, This Transition is Bittersweet

September 3, 2020 admin 0

By Fed Ingram – The beginning of the school year is a fresh start and a time of transition. For this teacher, it’s bittersweet. I was recently elected secretary-treasurer of my national union, the American […]

Save The Date! Trump vs Biden: September 29th / Kamala Harris vs Mike Pence: October 7th

September 2, 2020 admin 0

The official schedule for the upcoming presidential debates was released Wednesday, revealing when and where Joe Biden would square off against Donald Trump as the 2020 election rapidly approaches. But while those two will have three times to go at it, the […]

N.J. Now Has 1st Black Woman on State Supreme Court. Fabiana Pierre-Louis was Just Sworn In

September 2, 2020 admin 0

By Brent Johnson | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Fabiana Pierre-Louis was sworn in Tuesday as the newest member of the New Jersey Supreme Court, officially becoming the first Black female justice in the state’s 224-year […]