An Era of Racial Terror: Jacksonville’s Legacy of Lynching7:00 p.m. — VirtualDr. Scott Matthews, assistant professor of history at Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, and Dr. Scott Matthews, a professor of history at Florida State College of Jacksonville, will give a virtual presentation...
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opposite Cockspur Island. The creek was once called “Tybee Creek.” A special history study was recently prepared for Fort Pulaski National Monument, and an entire section of their report provides an overview of the Tybee lazaretto and the slave trade (de Chantal et al. 2022...
On December 1, 1963, he became the first African-American to win in NASCAR's premiere series. Scott won a Grand National Series race at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida. Scott was finally awarded his trophy for the race, posthumously in 2010, after it was originally "misplaced." ...
Wendell Oliver Scott was born on August 29, 1921, in Danville, Virginia. On December 1, 1963, he becamethe first African-American to win in NASCAR's premiere series. Scott won a Grand National Series raceat Speedway Park in Jacksonville, Florida. Scott was finallyawarded his trophy for the...
Information: (904) 630-4217.Wednesday -- Kickoff celebration with Norma White, keynotespeaker, and the Florida Community College at JacksonvilleJubilee Singers, 11 a.m.-noon, FCCJ North Campus auditorium,4501 Capper Road. Free. Information: (904) 632-3269.Wednesday -- Special stories, crafts ...
As a child growing up in Jacksonville, Florida, Alton Yates watched Black veterans return home from fighting for their country, only to have that country turn its back on them. After Alton joined the Air Force and risked his life to make spacecraft and airplane flight safer, he returned hom...
Take a journey through history and learn the importance and significance that blacks played in the creation and progress of Florida and Miami. The Black Miami revisits the past to understand how the race lines in South Florida were created and eventually transcended. ...
“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” was originally written as a poem by educator James Weldon Johnson, with accompanying music created by his brother, John Rosamond Johnson. The lyrics were recited by 500 schoolchildren on February 12, 1900, in Jacksonville, Florida to celebratePresident Abraham Linco...