Jacob OglesDecember 18, 2022
4min0
A 'History Not Hate' banner protests removal of confederate symbols in Jacksonville and Dallas.
Tag: James Weldon Johnson
Jacob OglesDecember 18, 2022
A.G. GancarskiApril 7, 2022
6min0
'We only have one national anthem and I'm not a racist.'
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 4, 2022
5min0
Jacksonville's greatest song is up for national canonization.
A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2020
4min393
Jacksonville's historical reconsideration continues.
Jim RosicaApril 6, 2017
3min361
Former and current black lawmakers took to the Old Capitol steps Thursday to call for a likeness of educator and civil-rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune to replace a statue of a Confederate general now in the U.S. Capitol. Led by Sen. Perry Thurston, a Fort Lauderdale Democrat, and surrounded by alumni members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha […]
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 14, 2017
2min313
The song “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing“, called the “black national anthem” by some, is among the most iconic in American history … and it has a Jacksonville connection. James Weldon Johnson wrote the lyrics as a poem. His brother set the words to music, and 117 years ago this month, the song was performed […]
Brendan FarringtonJune 22, 2016
4min214
Either the African-American woman who founded what’s now Bethune-Cookman University, the founder of Publix supermarkets or the woman credited with saving the Everglades will replace a Confederate general’s statue that represents Florida in the U.S. Capitol. The three Floridians were selected Wednesday by a committee that reviewed 130 recommendations made by the public. The Legislature […]
Martin DyckmanDecember 30, 2015
9min314
Florida had been a state for less than a century when it came time to honor famous citizens with two statues at the U.S. Capitol, and there were few plausible candidates. Dr. John Gorrie, the physician who invented mechanical refrigeration – imagine modern Florida without it – was an outstanding choice. But from today’s perspective, […]
Martin DyckmanDecember 29, 20159min203
Florida had been a state for less than a century when it came time to honor famous citizens with two statues at the U.S. Capitol, and there were few plausible candidates. Dr. John Gorrie, the physician who invented mechanical refrigeration – imagine modern Florida without it – was an outstanding choice. But from today’s perspective, […]