2 days agoPHOTO ESSAY | Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter welcomes first new Deltas in a decadeAfter 10 years, the Jacksonville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta welcomed new members in front of a cross section…By Will Brown
March 4, 2024Edward Waters president battles old HBCU perceptions as university growsFor Faison, outdated impressions of Edward Waters are especially irksome as he leads the university through historic firsts.…By Will Brown
February 19, 2024New trolley stop called a ‘game changer’ for Lincolnville Museum and Cultural CenterOld Town Trolley Tours and Attractions will add a stop at the museum to help St. Augustine promote its historic…By Will Brown
February 14, 2024OPINION | Joy is not an afterthoughtI write a lot about the ongoing injuries to Black people to connect the dots of history to this present…By Nikesha Elise Williams
February 6, 2024THE JAXSON | 6 Black cultural heritage sites to visit in townIn honor of Black History Month, here are six historic African American cultural heritage destinations in Jacksonville to visit.…By Ennis Davis
February 6, 2024Remembering Harriet Beecher Stowe in her former communityA pavilion along Mandarin Road will mirror the architecture of the long-gone cottage where one of Mandarin’s most historic figures…By Dan Scanlan
February 5, 2024Visit St. Augustine unveils Black history appVisit St. Augustine announced the app Monday in an effort to spotlight the extensive history of African-descended people in the…By Randy Roguski
January 19, 2024Fort Mose begins reconstruction of 18th century communityMore than 100 people gathered Friday to break ground on a reconstruction of Fort Mose, the first free African settlement…By Will Brown
January 10, 2024St. Augustine and Amelia Island vie for state’s Black history museumAn eight-member task force will meet Friday as it seeks to select a location for the Florida Museum of Black…By Will Brown
January 10, 2024Library lands $1 million grant for Black history collectionThe grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation is the largest private donation in the library’s history.…By Dan Scanlan
December 18, 2023Jacksonville civil rights patriarch Lloyd Pearson dies at 102Lloyd Pearson Jr., the grand old man of Jacksonville’s civil rights struggle, died Sunday afternoon. He was 102.…By Will Brown
October 17, 2023THE JAXSON | The history of Jacksonville’s Moncrief neighborhoodKnown as the District of Soul, Moncrief is a historic neighborhood located a few miles northwest of Downtown Jacksonville. Here…By Ennis Davis
October 10, 2023THE JAXSON | 13 historic Eastside photographsA photographic journey into the history of Jacksonville’s Eastside, one of its oldest urban neighborhoods and now home to the…By Ennis Davis
September 26, 2023THE JAXSON | Getting to know the Edward Waters University historic districtPart of Edward Waters University was added to the National Register of Historic Places last year. These 6 buildings make…By Ennis Davis
September 20, 2023OPINION | Jacksonville should act to reverse the legacy of racist housing policiesThe U.S. government created ghettoes. Government action produced racially segregated communities in the U.S., including in Jacksonville. This was no…By Mike Clark
August 29, 2023Black scholars will mobilize in Jacksonville next monthLeaders of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History say they won’t be deterred by racial…By Kerry Sheridan - WUSF
August 10, 20231619 Project founder denounces Florida’s social studies standardsAs school starts this week in Northeast Florida, Nikole Hannah-Jones says students are getting a whitewashed version of African American…By Will Brown
July 23, 2023OPINION | 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…By A.G. Gancarski
July 19, 2023OPINION | 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…By Nikesha Elise Williams
May 29, 2023‘You don’t see a lot of Black, female pilots.’ This Riverside graduate aims to be one.This Riverside High graduate plans to enroll in Jacksonville University’s School of Aviation.…By Will Brown
February 15, 2023OPINION | The real life implications of erasing historyWhat came home from school was a list of people, places, or things the students could portray. Out of two…By Nikesha Elise Williams
February 1, 2023OPINION | Rinse and repeatThe hashtags that now date back a decade, and centuries of crimes against humanity, are the reason A.P. African American…By Nikesha Elise Williams
May 17, 2022Some Black groups say they were left out of Jacksonville’s bicentennial, so they’re holding their own events insteadCelebrating the city’s two centuries of history – warts and all – was the challenge the Jacksonville Historical Society was…By Will Brown
May 1, 2022Independent Florida water providers are shutting down. American Beach’s doesn’t want to be next. Construction will begin soon on a new water and sewer system in American Beach, the historically African American community in…By Claire Heddles