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The topic is extremely heavy and hard to talk about-- And that's the point. The exhibit drives the point home that lynching is not something that happened far away.
The Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center (LMCC), St. Augustine Historical Society (SAHS), and Crisp-Ellert Art Museum (CEAM), are pleased to present a multi-institutional exhibition and panel series “Magic, Mirth, and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood” in April 2022. Both the exhibition and panel series are inspired by the lived experiences of writer, curator, wife, and mother Shawana Brooks, and celebrates the resilience of Black mothers through the lens of visual and literary art, and historical and archival objects.
Following a year of student-led protests and rallies calling for racial justice in the classroom, school names that better represent their peers, mental health resources and updated curriculum, a local college will host its annual summer camp to help those young leaders hone in on their demands. Registration for the University of North Florida's Bridges Summer Camp — a free online summer camp for young people who want to explore racial equity, social justice and activist perspectives — closes Friday, but may be extended based on interest. The camp prides itself as a way to prepare stude...
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Activist groups in Jacksonville react to guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin trial Ex-officer found guilty of murder, manslaughter in George Floyd’s death Updated: Tags: In this image from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as the verdict is read in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via AP, Pool) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. The jury reached its ve...
'So it won't be forgotten': Children of Jacksonville-area Holocaust survivors tell their families' stories It’s painful and exhausting for them to talk about it, but they want you to know of their parents as the people they were: tough, scarred, generous. Survivors. Credit: Provided by Louis Post Louis Post's mother, Anna, was a prisoner of the Nazis at Auschwitz. She survived and is still alive at 98. Author: Florida Times-Union, Matt Soergel Published: 3:51 PM EST January 26, 2021 Updated: 4:03 PM EST January 26, 2021 JACKSONVILLE, Fla — T...