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Michael Harriot Ignites Thought-Provoking Conversations on Black America’s Unfiltered History at Edward Waters University

February 1, 2024 admin 0

January 31, 2024 – JACKSONVILLE – Assembled in the Milnie Auditorium at Edward Waters University, a diverse audience comprising faculty, staff, students, and community members attentively absorbed the insightful words of Michael Harriot as he shared […]

Florida Bans Funding DEI Programs at State Universities

January 31, 2024 admin 0

www.miamitimesonline.com | bodycopy = The board that oversees Florida’s 12 public universities voted last week to ban using state or federal dollars for diversity programs or activities, aligning with a law signed last spring by Republican […]

Trump is Considering a Black or Female Running Mate, Per Reports

January 30, 2024 admin 0

THEGRIO STAFF – The former president declared at a Fox News town hall in Iowa on Jan. 10 that “I know who it’s going to be” when questioned about a running mate, but allies said […]

Three Black U.S. Army Reservists Killed in Drone Attack Near Syrian Border

January 30, 2024 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Stacy M. Brown | The attack marks the third drone strike on the outpost in the past six months, with the first two occurring in the latter half of the previous year […]

Federal Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for White Man Who Fatally Shot 10 Black People in Buffalo Grocery Store

January 26, 2024 admin 0

BLACK PRESS – NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent- By Stacy M. Brown @StacyBrownMedia – Federal prosecutors announced on Friday, Jan. 12, their intention to pursue the death penalty for Payton Gendron, a 20-year-old white man […]

Author and Scholar Jelanie Cobb Dialogues Speaks Truth to Power at WJCT Studios

January 26, 2024 admin 0

Jacksonville Today and the Jessie Ball duPont Fund presented ‘A Conversation with Jelani Cobb,’ Columbia Journalism School Dean, staff writer for The New Yorker, and noted author. Jelani Cobb joined Jacksonville Today reporter and Northeast Florida National Association of […]

Eastside Pearls Program Motivates and Inspires Next Generation of Professionals

January 25, 2024 admin 0

“Out East” was the location for Jacksonville Free Press Associate Editor Lynn Jones-Turpin to present journalism 101 to students at R. L. Brown Elementary. The school is named after R.L. Brown, Sr., (1854–1948), real estate […]