Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a visit to Washington, I'm a Star Foundation students from Jacksonville gathered on the steps of the Eisenhower Executive ...

Six Black Civil War veterans buried without markers in Jacksonville's East Cemetery will be honored Aug. 1 with new headstones.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To kick off Black History Month we spoke with Black business owners who are struggling with a common problem in their community.

Americans, if asked, often say that Reconstruction after the Civil War ended with the withdrawal of federal troops following the election of 1876. A generation ago, historian C. Vann Woodward in his ...

As we commemorate Black History Month and reflect on the past's struggles and triumphs, it also encourages us to continue working for a brighter future for the Black community. It also offers an ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – From the silent films of Norman Studios to a new generation of storytellers, Jacksonville’s Black independent film scene is undergoing a quiet resurgence. During Black History ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jheam Johnson had just settled into his seat on a bus in Washington, D.C., that was about to embark on a 15-hour ride to Jacksonville when he heard that a racist mass shooting had ...

Before the fatal shootings of three Black residents in Jacksonville, Florida, over the weekend, the gunman, a young white man with swastikas painted on his rifle, pulled into a parking lot at Edward ...