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Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, from eight communities eager to be the home of a new state institution. Eatonville, the tiny Orange County town incorporated in 1887 by newly freed slaves, was among those that submitted a bid last month. Town leaders hope Eatonville’s historic status as the nation’s oldest Black-run town, ...

The Florida city where Trayvon Martin died has a plan to address the racial tension that continues to plague communities.

In Sanford, more than a decade after Black teenager Trayvon Martin died and the man who killed him was acquitted as the world looked on, racial tensions simmer below the

Barbara Coleman-Foster, chair of the Florida city’s Race, Equality, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, said she views the project as […] The post City where Trayvon Martin was killed hopes to fix racial tension with storytelling, respect appeared first on TheGrio.

In Sanford, more than a decade after Black teenager Trayvon Martin died and the man who killed him was acquitted as the world looked on, racial tensions simmer below the surface. A city-run racial equity committee is now working on a project that officials hope will help to mend race relations between Black and white residents and visitors. Over the next year, members of the city of Sanford’s ...

In Sanford, more than a decade after Black teenager Trayvon Martin died and the man who killed him was acquitted as the world looked on, racial tensions simmer below the surface. A city-run racial equity committee is now working on a project that officials hope will help to mend race relations between Black and white residents and visitors. Over the next year, members of the city of Sanford’s ...

The CEO and director of the Goldsboro Westside Community Historical Association wants to take the museum to new heights.

The Goldsboro West Side Historical Museum in Sanford will move out of its cramped trailer and into a new permanent building next year.

To increase Black representation in city government, Sanford residents are pushing for two more commission districts.

Police chief and residents reflect on progress since Trayvon Martin’s death