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The trail will preserve the legacies of Augusta Savage, A. Philip Randolph, and brothers James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson.…
June 16, 2024
MLK’s nephew preaches at St. Augustine church where King delivered sermon 60 years ago
The younger King started his remarks by referencing his uncle’s most famous words.…
June 6, 2024
Waves of Change: Civil rights demonstrators return to St. Augustine
Protesters Shed Dawson and Purcell Conway are honored as a new museum exhibit commemorates wade-ins at a whites-only beach.…
May 21, 2024
THE JAXSON | The Chitlin’ Circuit and barbecue in Jacksonville
While the Chitlin’ Circuit is generally recognized for its musical contributions to society, in honor of National Barbecue Month, barbecue…
April 19, 2024
St. Augustine in driver’s seat for Black history museum
The Florida Museum of Black History Task Force named St. Augustine as one of its top three locations to house…
March 26, 2024
PHOTO ESSAY | Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter welcomes first new Deltas in a decade
After 10 years, the Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta welcomed new members in front of a cross section…
March 4, 2024
Edward Waters president battles old HBCU perceptions as university grows
For Faison, outdated impressions of Edward Waters are especially irksome as he leads the university through historic firsts.…
February 19, 2024
New trolley stop called a ‘game changer’ for Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center
Old Town Trolley Tours and Attractions will add a stop at the museum to help St. Augustine promote its historic…
February 14, 2024
OPINION | Joy is not an afterthought
I write a lot about the ongoing injuries to Black people to connect the dots of history to this present…
February 6, 2024
THE JAXSON | 6 Black cultural heritage sites to visit in town
In honor of Black History Month, here are six historic African American cultural heritage destinations in Jacksonville to visit.…
February 6, 2024
Remembering Harriet Beecher Stowe in her former community
A pavilion along Mandarin Road will mirror the architecture of the long-gone cottage where one of Mandarin’s most historic figures…
February 5, 2024
Visit St. Augustine unveils Black history app
Visit St. Augustine announced the app Monday in an effort to spotlight the extensive history of African-descended people in the…
January 19, 2024
Fort Mose begins reconstruction of 18th century community
More than 100 people gathered Friday to break ground on a reconstruction of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement…
January 10, 2024
St. Augustine and Amelia Island vie for state’s Black history museum
An eight-member task force will meet Friday as it seeks to select a location for the Florida Museum of Black…
January 10, 2024
Library lands $1 million grant for Black history collection
The grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation is the largest private donation in the library’s history.…
December 18, 2023
Jacksonville civil rights patriarch Lloyd Pearson dies at 102
Lloyd Pearson Jr., the grand old man of Jacksonville’s civil rights struggle, died Sunday afternoon. He was 102.…
October 17, 2023
THE JAXSON | The history of Jacksonville’s Moncrief neighborhood
Known as the District of Soul, Moncrief is a historic neighborhood located a few miles northwest of Downtown Jacksonville. Here…
October 10, 2023
THE JAXSON | 13 historic Eastside photographs
A photographic journey into the history of Jacksonville’s Eastside, one of its oldest urban neighborhoods and now home to the…
September 26, 2023
THE JAXSON | Getting to know the Edward Waters University historic district
Part of Edward Waters University was added to the National Register of Historic Places last year. These 6 buildings make…
September 20, 2023
OPINION | Jacksonville should act to reverse the legacy of racist housing policies
The U.S. government created ghettoes. Government action produced racially segregated communities in the U.S., including in Jacksonville. This was no…
August 29, 2023
Black scholars will mobilize in Jacksonville next month
Leaders of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History say they won’t be deterred by racial…
August 10, 2023
1619 Project founder denounces Florida’s social studies standards
As school starts this week in Northeast Florida, Nikole Hannah-Jones says students are getting a whitewashed version of African American…
July 23, 2023
OPINION | VP Harris exposed DeSantis’ weakness
VP Harris spoke truths about Gov. Ron DeSantis that Florida’s disempowered Democrats lack the platform to fully get over on…
July 19, 2023
OPINION | New African American history standards eschew context
The prevailing narrative of Florida’s new social studies standards, and in our country writ large, is that Black Americans are…