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Charlie Griffin, his daughter Carly and First Coast Community Development are expanding a scholarship offer for students interested in studying S.T.E.M. at HBCU.

As part of the contest, teams chose one of four sites which were historic Africatown, the Josephine Allen site, Africatown Blueways, and Africatown USA Park. Each team had to design concepts for four buildings at each site.

Charlie Griffin uses his retirement checks to pay for meals for the homeless in Jacksonville, now he wants to help students pay for college.

Charlie Griffin makes it his mission to help the homeless and people who are less fortunate than he is.

Virtual Africatown festival to celebrate female Clotilda survivors Updated Dec 14, 2020; Africatown’s 2021 Spirit of Our Ancestors Festival will shift to a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and will put the spotlight on women who survived the voyage of the slave ship Clotilda, organizers have announced. The festival normally is a gathering that features ceremonies to honor the Clotilda survivors who went on to found the unique Africatown community, and the ancestors who preserved its traditions and folkways for generations That mission stays the same for the third annual event, ...