EATONVILLE, Fla. — Concerns are growing that a member of the task force designated to recommend a site for Florida’s Black History Museum deliberately threw the vote, resulting in St. Augustine’s ...
Nearly three decades ago, Florida passed a landmark measure requiring that Black history be taught in its public schools. “Knowledge is the antidote to the poison of prejudice,” Gov. Lawton Chiles (D) ...
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — During their 10th and last meeting Friday morning, the Florida Museum of Black History Task Force gave final approval to recommend St. Augustine as the top site for a Florida ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Education Commissioner Manny Diaz publicly recognized the African American History Task Force for helping to craft the state’s new controversial Black History standards. However, two ...
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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of Florida’s African American History Task Force claims the body was largely cut out of the development of the state’s ...
The vice-chair of the Florida Commissioner of Education’s African American History Task Force is taking action days after our investigation. Task Force vice-chair Dr. Samuel Wright has now sent a ...
Three possible locations were before the task force charged with selecting the home of a Florida Black History Museum Tuesday afternoon. Eatonville and St. Augustine received the most attention form ...
The measure, introduced by Rep. Bruce Antone, unanimously passed the Florida House and Senate Back in March, State Rep. Bruce Antone (D-District 41) proposed the idea for a museum to highlight Black ...
The Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr. is bringing Black History lessons to the sanctuary of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church for two days in response to what he perceives as the state's efforts to dilute its ...