After pushing for it, Bruce Antone wants Black history museum panel to go away • Florida Phoenix Last year, Rep. Bruce Antone, a Democrat from Orange County, was one of the forces behind creating a task force to advise about what the state’s proposed Black history museum should look like. Now, he doesn’t want the group to submit any recommendations. The nine members — Antone wasn’t appointed to be one of them […]

St. Johns site "is rural land. There’s nothing out there. ... It is not a good location to be putting what I believe was supposed to be Florida’s world-class black history museum.” #Florida #BlackHistoryvia @FLPhoenixNews

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“That is not the way you do things. We’re more deliberate than that, and so I’m very disappointed.” #Florida #BlackHistoryvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Task force votes for St. Johns County as location for FL's Black history museum • Florida Phoenix Eatonville, founded in 1887 by former slaves, is the oldest existing Black municipality in the country and the birthplace of the celebrated novelist and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston. It’s situated in Orange County, which boasts a well-developed tourist economy, and is easily accessible through an extensive highway network. This week, a state task assessing possible […]

"This was a huge decision for the state of Florida. A huge decision, and I knew we had one chance to get this right, and I think today we blew it, and I know we blew it.” #Florida #BlackHistoryvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Conflict of interest arises in talks about potential location of FL's Black history museum • Florida Phoenix A member of the Florida Museum of Black History Task Force on Friday pitched a museum she leads as a location for the state’s planned Black history museum, prompting calls from others on the panel to address with legal counsel whether that would constitute a conflict of interest. Terri Lipsey Scott, chosen by Senate President […]

Conflict of interest arises in talks about potential location of FL's Black history museum #Florida #BlackHistoryvia @FLPhoenixNews

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“Today, this is a call to action to all Africans in America to wake up and teach your history, learn your history, and preserve your history.” #Florida #BlackHistoryvia @FLPhoenixNews

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Will a new FL Black history museum be factual and truthful, or could politics derail the project? • Florida Phoenix Amid tensions over a stream of incidents — from controversial academics over slavery, NAACP travel advisories and the loss of a Black congressional district to the hate-crime killings of Black people in Jacksonville — a new task force is trying to create a statewide Florida Museum of Black History. But it’s not certain yet if […]

Black historians are watching closely how this task force will approach its responsibility in creating a history museum that tells the state’s past accurately and faithfully. #Florida #BlackHistoryvia @FLPhoenixNews

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The Life and Dances of Ignatius Sancho (c.1729 - 14.12.1780) A short biography of #IgnatiusSancho, followed by videos of his dances and examinaton of the #dance tunes @ignatius_sancho #BlackHistoryvia @YouTube

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The Life and Dances of Ignatius Sancho (c.1729 - 14.12.1780) A short biography of #IgnatiusSancho, followed by videos of his dances and examinaton of the #dance tunes @ignatius_sancho #BlackHistoryvia @YouTube

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