October 8, 2024Effort to rename Confederate Street after late activist fails in Jacksonville City Council In a 10-7 vote, Jacksonville’s City Council decided against renaming the Springfield street after the late local civil rights activist…By Casmira Harrison
August 1, 2024Downtown street could be renamed to honor Ben FrazierLegislation before Jacksonville City Council would rename Confederate Street as Frazier Place.…By Dan Scanlan
August 3, 2023Ben Frazier’s daughter assumes reins of Northside CoalitionKelly Frazier has been a member of the Northside Coalition since her father founded it.…By Dan Scanlan
June 25, 2023Jacksonville civil rights activist Ben Frazier dies at 73Ben Frazier, once a trailblazing journalist who became an advocate for racial justice, has died.…By Will Brown
January 12, 2023Jacksonville officials, local civil rights leaders continue to celebrate MLK. Separately. Friday will mark the fifth straight year Jacksonville will have separate breakfasts honoring Martin Luther King.…By Will Brown
December 14, 2022PHOTO ESSAY | ‘Take them down!’Activists with the Northside Coalition and other civil rights groups implored the Jacksonville City Council Tuesday to remove the Confederate…By Will Brown
January 9, 2022OPINION | Ben Frazier makes his pointA week ago, the world hadn’t heard of Ben Frazier. The president of the Northside Coalition was known locally, but…By A.G. Gancarski