A group of supporters of the Black history museum traveled to Tallahassee for the community affairs meeting (St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners) ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The first Black ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Dozens of St. Johns County residents headed to Tallahassee in support of building the Florida Museum of Black History in St. Augustine didn’t get very far Friday morning ...

ST. JOHN, Wash. – Many small-town museums are rarely open, perhaps only for a few hours on weekends in the summer or by appointment. Not so in St. John, a Palouse farming hub of 600 people where the ...

A state panel Tuesday voted to recommend St. Johns County as the home for the new Florida Museum of Black History. But the nine-member committee split 5-4 on what was a procedural vote that resulted ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla., Sept. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- St. Johns County hosted a historic celebration on Sept. 18 to mark the State of Florida's $1 million appropriation for the planning and design of ...

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 ...

The Committee met to vote on Senate Bill 466, which was secured by a vote of 7-0. Senate Bill 466 provides for the creation of the Florida Museum of Black History Board of Directors, as well as ...

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — After a vote by the Florida Senate Committee on Community Affairs on Tuesday, St. Johns County will move forward to secure the state’s first Black History Museum in West ...