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Winners and their families at the NAACP 2024 Black History Month essay competition, Oak Ridge. Aary’s White receiving his Supporter Award from Annette Flynn, Oak Ridge, June 2024.
McCollum Hall is a historic building block that was an entertainment venue in Fort Myers, Florida. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places [1] and is a site on Florida's Black Heritage Trail. [2] It included a gas station and was listed in The Negro Motorist Green Book guide for African Americans. Murals are now next to it. [1]
On Dec. 7 at North Henderson High School, 11th grader Citlally Diaz, 17, was honored for winning one of just four $3,000 scholarship grand prize awards out of thousands of entries across the country.
List of African American historic places in Florida This list of African American Historic Places in Florida is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]
The history of Black people in Florida dates back to the pre-American period, beginning with the arrival of Congolese-Spanish conquistador Juan Garrido in 1513, the enslaved Afro-Spanish explorer Estevanico in 1528, and the landing of free and African enslaved persons at Mission Nombre de Dios in the future St. Augustine, Florida in 1565.
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Historically black universities and colleges in Florida (5 C, 4 P) Historically segregated African-American schools in Florida (2 C, 54 P) History of racism in Florida (2 C, 11 P)
Only 11 school districts in Florida have plans in place to teach the required Black history courses that Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state provides. Florida’s struggle to teach Black history has ...