Jacksonville, Florida
1871 – James Weldon Johnson, African American author, composer, lawyer, teacher and civil rights activist, was born in Jacksonville on June 17, 1871. In his early years in Jacksonville, Johnson was educated first by his mother, but later graduated from the Edwin M. Stanton School Read More …
“Let’s celebrate #Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday by recognizing the generations of enslaved Black people who fought so hard for their freedom. And one of the best ways to do that is by fortifying our sacred right to vote. Right now, we have the opportunity to Read More …
A few years back the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston digitized 2,500 assorted papers from their Hemingway Collection. Among them was a personal recipe from Papa Hemingway himself. A recipe for his favorite pan fried hamburgers. What better salute to Proud Papas Read More …
On October 1, 1968, the government of the City of Jacksonville and the government of Duval County were replaced with a new government called the Consolidated City of Jacksonville. On that same day, Jacksonville’s new City Council passed an ordinance declaring the official seal of Read More …
Why are prices skyrocketing? At first, especially last year, prices went up due to supply and demand. Now, even products and services that went largely unaffected by Covid inspired shortages have seen dramatic price increases. What’s going on? Oh, that’s just corporate being corporate. They Read More …
NSFW “Cinco De Thrasho was a fuckin’ blast! We can’t thank everyone enough who came out and partied with us last month. Mark your gawd damn calendars we are throwing down again this July! We got a killer tour lined up with three gnarly festivals, Read More …
Health insurance is a mental health issue. I can’t help a client who can’t afford to see me. Housing is a mental health issue. I can’t use therapy to help a client whose depression and anxiety come directly from sleeping in the streets. Food insecurity Read More …
Join I’m A Star teen influencers for a viewing of the PBS Documentary Black Wall Street Saturday. Students ages 12-18 will learn about the thriving black business district in the affluent Greenwood community of Tulsa, Oklahoma. As 2021 marks 100 years since the Tulsa Race Read More …
Timucuan Parks Foundation and the Beaches Museum will host the second in a series of Boardwalk Talks at its “Celebrate & Explore Our Wilderness Parks” exhibition on Thursday, June 17. Fine Artist and TPF Board Member Kathy Stark will be discussing her work featured in Read More …
Thousands of Floridians, and men from other states who had trained in Florida, took part in the largest amphibious military operation in human history on the Normandy coast of France 76 years ago on this date in 1944. Over 150,000 Allied troops participated in what Read More …
Today in 1963 The Florida Supreme Court responded, in a 5-2 decision in the Green v. American Tobacco Company suit, with the opinion that cigarette companies are not liable for the deaths of cigarette consumers. However they did argue, for the first time, that cigarettes Read More …
Timucuan Parks Foundation together with their JaxParks partner will be offering volunteer opportunities this summer in local parks and preserves throughout Jacksonville to maintain and clean up these natural spaces. The first service event is June 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Bulls Read More …
One hundred years ago today, the first bombs ever dropped on American soil were dropped on the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Ok. Greenwood – the most preeminent Black community in the United States at the time – was home to 10,000 residents and contained scores Read More …
“Lots of exciting things coming up, but the one I’m most excited for is Duval County Queer Pride! The Cabaret Hour is putting on a one of a kind floor show for you June 18th at The Volstead! $10 gets ya in for a night Read More …
The first Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in Florida was established in Eastport near Jacksonville on this date in 1933. The CCC was a federal worker-relief program designed to get young men working on construction and conservation projects throughout the United States, as part of Read More …
Midwest grocery giant Kroger is building-out a logistics operation in North Jacksonville. The city issued a permit May 11 for Caddell Construction Co. LLC of Jacksonville to build-out the space at a cost of $205,000. That build-out is now underway. The end result will be Read More …
It is unclear when and where Memorial Day began. More than two dozen U.S. cities claim to the be the “Birthplace of Memorial Day.” There’s Macon, Ga., and Richmond, Va. And Columbus, Miss., which claims women there decorated the graves of both Union and Confederate Read More …
