Tag Archive | Politics
Part III – The Life & Death of Jimmy Jackson
‘I ain’t gon’ kill nobody’ Immediate and extended family members of Jimmy Jackson pose at the repast after his funeral in June 2012. His family rallied to his side during a 10-day hospital vigil in Jacksonville. (CHARLES W. CHERRY II / FLORIDA COURIER) Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories framing […]
Part VI – “The Life & Death of Jimmy Jackson.”
Was the decision to go ‘gunless’ in the ‘Gunshine State’ fatal? March 28, 2013 Filed under METRO Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of stories framing the life of James Roland Jackson, III, known as “Jimmy” to his family. BY PENNY DICKERSON SPECIAL TO THE FLORIDA COURIER As reported in this […]
Jacksonville Inaugurates Mayor Alvin Brown
Click link to read complete story http://flcourier.com/2012/05/10/one-vision-one-city-jacksonville-celebrates-inauguration-of-its-first-black-mayor-alvin-brown/
ZORA! A Hometown Celebration (2012)
For the second year, I’ve had the opportunity to cover the annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts & Humanities for the Florida Courier. It is emphatically known by a two-syllable, exclamatory moniker: Zora! Not only is it one of my favorite festivals (and I am a professed festival junkie), it has a certain […]
Nine One One – Personal Reflect
September 11th will always be an emotional challenge for me. Since 2001, television or any indulgence of media is avoided on this day because the images that are etched in my long term memory do not need a sensational nudge by a lip-glossed news anchor, nor does my sympathy gauge need to see professional photographs of New York City […]
Congresswoman Corrine Brown: A CALL To VOTE
Short and simple (but never bittersweet) Congresswoman Corrine Brown has publicly released her personal 2012 Primary Election “QUICK-PICKS” and she is NOT playing: EARLY VOTE (or else). Saturday, August 4 through Saturday, August 11, 2012 Primary Elections Tuesday, August 14, 2012. For voter’s convenience, Congresswoman […]
Penny Dickerson 