Sensory-Sensitive Storytime: 10 a.m., Jacksonville Public Library, 201 W. College Ave. | Program designed for neurodiverse children or those with sensory-processing challenges, but all families ...

Yolanda ‘Yollie’ Copeland is a woman with a mission. The retired sheriff’s deputy, who moved to Jacksonville, Florida in 2013 ...

Jacksonville officials will unveil a historic marker to remember civil rights martyr Johnnie Mae Chappell on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Lincoln Villa Community Center.

Three new members are joining the Board of Directors for the North Florida Land Trust ( NFLT ). Janyce Dawkins, Tom Goodrich ...

Zora Neale Hurston's work didn't have the literary appreciation it now has until more than 15 years after her death in 1960.

Fourteen students presented stories of African American history and its roots through dance, poetry, monologues, skits and song.

Their music is described as a genre-bending journey through a unique combination of jazz, house, funk and hip-hop. Hear them perform during their standing-room-only performance beginning at 8 p.m. Feb ...

Explore ‘Choices of Consequence: Denmark and the Holocaust’ at the Jewish Museum Milwaukee from February 14 to May 25. This ...

Vernis Jackson, who died at 92, is remembered for contributions to local Black history efforts and as a teacher in Portsmouth ...

DECATUR — When Evelyn Hood started organizing the African American Cultural and Genealogical Society 31 years ago, her only ...

The African-American Cultural & Genealogical Society of Illinois Museum is one place to find those artifacts. Executive director Evelyn Hood is dedicated to uncovering and preserving history.