Jacksonville, Florida
Mayor Donna Deegan announced that the Confederate statues are being removed from Springfield Park today. This memorial was erected during the peak of early 20th century Confederate monument-building, part of a widespread campaign to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South and intimidate Read More …
Mayor Lenny Curry is taking another shot at removing the remaining Confederate monuments from public spaces. Curry’s proposed budget includes $500,000 for the removals, which will force the City Council to revisit the issue when it begins discussing Curry’s recommended budget this summer. Last month, Read More …
Mayor Lenny Curry held a press conference on the steps of City Hall this morning, hours after city workers removed a Confederate monument from Hemming Park. “Yesterday there was Confederate monument in this park. It’s gone. And the others in this city will be removed Read More …
City work crews advanced on Hemming Park before sunrise. They caught the last Confederate within the park by surprise. The Confederate Monument that has stood since 1898, a sentinel to a heritage of hate and racism has fallen. The monument was donated to the State Read More …
In 1842 Florida was a U.S. territory. It would be another three years before it became a state and people were already saying #florida or #floridaman. Not really, but only because they didn’t have the internet. Florida passed a law that demanded the death penalty Read More …
August 2, at the First Wednesday Art Walk, there was a small group protesting City Council President Anna Lopez Brosche’s recent actions to remove Confederate monuments from the city. Downtown Vision, Inc used that event as an excuse to change the format of First Wednesday Read More …