Onyx Magazine

Onyx Magazine Florida’s Premier African-American Publication

Onyx Magazine, Florida’s most respected publication aimed at African-American readers, celebrates the accomplishments and contributions of African-Americans and those of the African Diaspora in the Sunshine State.

New Issue of Onyx! March – April 2013 Edition

What’s really UP under the Hat: An Interview with Congresswoman Frederica Wilson

By Sharon F. Jones The Honorable Frederica Wilson is widely respected and recognized as...

Carolyn Fennell: Goaa’s Mover & Shaker, Orlando’s Icon

By Sharon Jones Carolyn M. Fennell is a community leader, a history–maker, a world...

GETTING PERSONAL WITH FLORIDA’S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: JENNIFER CARROLL

By Desnee Young ONYX Magazine sat down with Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll in her...

From the Publisher

Spring is a time of renewal and growth. We view this in our political...

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New Issue of Onyx! March – April 2013 Edition
66 days ago
What’s really UP under the Hat: An Interview with Congresswoman Frederica Wilson

By Sharon F. Jones The Honorable Frederica Wilson is widely respected and recognized as a stalwart public servant throughout the state of Florida and on Capitol Hill in the halls of the United States Congress. A woman of great faith, passion and tenacity, her resolve to represent our most vulnerable populations is unshakeable. A child [...]
66 days ago
Carolyn Fennell: Goaa’s Mover & Shaker, Orlando’s Icon

By Sharon Jones Carolyn M. Fennell is a community leader, a history–maker, a world traveler, a mover and shaker, and a “give it all you got” kind of woman. She was the first female director for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (G.O.A.A.) and the first to hold the position of Director of Community Relations, Marketing [...]
67 days ago
GETTING PERSONAL WITH FLORIDA’S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: JENNIFER CARROLL

By Desnee Young ONYX Magazine sat down with Lieutenant Governor Jennifer Carroll in her local office at St John College in Jacksonville, Florida. She is the first female elected as Lieutenant Governor in Florida. We also had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Mr. Noland Carroll, her husband of twenty-nine years. The Lieutenant Governor [...]
67 days ago
From the Publisher

Spring is a time of renewal and growth. We view this in our political arena, business environment and in our personal lives. This issue focuses on none other than those instrumental in every aspect of this process: women. Women are constantly moving, shaping, evolving and developing. What they do affects the lives of everyone and [...]

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By Desnee Young ONYX Magazine would like to say thank you to Alice Sims. Without her, there would be no Michelle Culbreth, LaTanya Bryant, Lisa Carr, or DeShawn Sims. What’s the connection? These are the daughters who listened patiently and respectfully, while they learned the secrets to great baking from their mother. These are the

LET THEM EAT CAKE!
Standing Ground in the Face of the New Discrimination There is no doubt about it. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) made the right choice when Ben Jealous was selected as its National President and Chief Executive Officer. Yes, he is young, the youngest president that the Association has ever had,

Standing Ground in the Face of the New Discrimination
Local author, Yahrah St. John, announces the release of her novel, Need You Now, the first installment of a new romance trilogy by Harlequin, in their Kimani Romance Series. This greatly anticipated book intertwines an intriguing storyline of a family owned cosmetics and fragrance empire with shared passion between two corporate moguls. Need You Now

Local Author Introduces New Harlequin Romance Trilogy
Dr. Larry R. Handfield, chairman of the Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) board of trustees, announced the university has selected Dr. Edison O. Jackson as interim president, which became effective May 14, 2012. Edison O. Jackson, former President of Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York, was born in Heathsville, Virginia. He earned a

Dr. Jackson Shares His Views on the Direction of Bethune-Cookman University
Beginning in the mid 1950s, when young African Americans had long been destined to follow their parents into the orange groves and packinghouses to find employment, twenty-six black youths in the Fort Pierce area eventually came together to form a loosely organized group of itinerant artists. In the following decades, this socially disenfranchised cohort created

The Highwaymen: Redefining the Florida Scene
Public Service is the giving of oneself to the health, wealth and welfare of others. It is genuinely caring for those you serve and requires selflessness on the part of the servant. Public Service is a calling. You don’t do it because you woke up one morning and decided that there was a cause that

Congresswoman Corrine Brown: How Can I Help You?