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The ‘Real Black Friday’: Jacksonville’s Melanin Market

By Cyd Hoskinson
Published on November 23, 2022 at 3:01 pm
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There’s Black Friday — and then there’s the Real Black Friday.
 
That’s what organizers of Jacksonville’s Melanin Market are calling the post-Thanksgiving Day marketplace where people can support local Black-owned businesses.
 
The Real Black Friday market will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the day after Thanksgiving at 822 A Philip Randolph Blvd.
 
More than 125 Black-owned businesses, nonprofit organizations and artist vendors will participate, coming from across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
 
The event also will feature live entertainment, a kids’ zone, Santa meet-and-greet, a toy giveaway and more.
 
For more information, go to jaxmelaninmarket.com.
 

author image Cyd Hoskinson, host of "All Things Considered," began working at WJCT on Valentine’s Day 2011. Among her many accomplishments, she has interviewed former President Jimmy Carter, Coretta Scott King, Hosea Williams, Andrew Young, newspaper columnist Sydney J. Harris, Joan Fontaine and celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse. Cyd is also a big fan of modern audio drama and, before coming to Jacksonville, she served on the Atlanta Radio Theatre Co.’s board of directors. She has a degree in elementary education from Florida State University.

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