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Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown, recently removed as vice chairman of the NTSB by the administration. | NTSB

December 24, 2024

Former Mayor Alvin Brown named vice chair of NTSB

Brown was Jacksonville’s first Black mayor from 2011 to 2015. President Joe Biden picked him for the NTSB role Friday. …

By Dan Scanlan

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February 7, 2022

OPINION | The value of being

There’s a notion that has circulated in the Black community for generations: Black people have to be twice as good…

By Nikesha Elise Williams

Alvin Brown

Alvin Brown