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
February 7, 2022OPINION | The value of beingThere’s a notion that has circulated in the Black community for generations: Black people have to be twice as good…By Nikesha Elise Williams
February 1, 2022THE JAXSON | 5 Black history sites in BrooklynIn honor of the beginning of Black History Month, here’s a review of sites in the quickly changing neighborhood of…By Ennis Davis and Bill Delaney
January 31, 2022OPINION | Erasing Black history does not erase Black peopleIn my other life, I write books and host a podcast. I am unabashed about centering the point of view…By Nikesha Elise Williams