Florida PhoenixAugust 19, 2021
7min1276
Students 'are forced to face their school’s racist legacy every day.'
Tag: Robert E. Lee
Florida PhoenixAugust 19, 2021
Ryan NicolDecember 5, 2020
5min766
Those holidays earned renewed scrutiny following nationwide social justice protests this year.
Jacob OglesNovember 3, 2020
5min1498
The City Councilman moves from a Ward 2 job to the Mayor's seat.
Jacob OglesJuly 2, 2020
5min1637
Aquino considers Black Lives Matter, antifa anarchists attacking civilization.
A.G. GancarskiJune 17, 2020
8min540
The process could be long and controversial.
Associated PressJune 11, 2020
11min295
The movement triggered by George Floyd's death has gone global.
Associated PressJune 7, 2020
2min703
It’s not clear who defaced the statue.
Jacob OglesJune 1, 2020
4min440
Bust has stood Downtown since 1966.
Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 2018
5min530
Florida is poised to make history with the Legislature’s Tuesday passage of a proposal to place a statue of civil-rights leader and educator Mary McLeod Bethune in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. The statue of Bethune would replace a likeness of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, who has represented Florida for decades in […]
Ana CeballosFebruary 6, 2018
3min404
Legislation that would eliminate state holidays honoring Confederate figures advanced in the Senate Tuesday despite pushback from numerous speakers who said the proposal would be “cultural genocide” and an “insult” to their ancestors. “This is cultural genocide,” a man from Jacksonville said. “Southern white people are in the minority. You can’t take away our culture […]