This is the story of Jacksonville’s recovery from four major disasters. In James Weldon Johnson’s lifetime, Jacksonville suffered three major misfortunes.
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This collection of historic photographs capture the maritime and industrial character of the city’s working waterfront in 1930.
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Cuban immigrants living in Jacksonville raised money, shipped supplies, and sustained a revolutionary movement dedicated to ending Spanish rule in Cuba.
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For decades, Draper's Egg & Poultry Co. provided jobs for hundreds of Jacksonville residents in Mixon Town.
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Downtown Jacksonville’s Police Memorial Building and St. Augustine’s Flagler-era railway depots make the 2026 11 to Save list.
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For Jacksonville, the story of emancipation is especially significant. During the Civil War and Reconstruction, the city became both a pathway to freedom and a center for some of Florida’s largest Emancipation Day celebrations.
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Chinese laundrymen helped build Jacksonville, and heir story deserves to be remembered during Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
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13 historic photographs tell the story of Gullah Geechee workers whose contributions often went unrecognized yet remain embedded in Jacksonville’s landscape.
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For over 100 years, the Moore Dry Kiln industrial complex near Downtown Jacksonville adapted, expanded and survived through changing economic eras.
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In honor of National Arab American Heritage Month, The Jaxson highlights the Farris family and the rise of a Syrian immigrant livestock enterprise in Jacksonville
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In honor of National Arab American Heritage Month, The Jaxson takes a look at a business that made a lasting impression on generations of Jaxsons.
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For nearly half a century, the Railway Express Agency shaped Jacksonville’s economy and identity, leaving behind a legacy still felt today.
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Alice Kirkpatrick was a Jacksonville businesswoman at the center of Black enterprise, civic life and cultural exchange during the Jim Crow era.
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Long before advanced manufacturing defined Jacksonville’s economy, one company helped lay its foundation, one casting at a time. The C.I. Capps Company grew from a small foundry into a cornerstone of the city’s industrial history.
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As Jacksonville revisits the future of its Skyway, this moment presents a broader opportunity to consider how the Skyway fits into a more connected, regional mobility system.
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The Mormon church has a deep history in Jacksonville.
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Today, diners struggle to find a restaurant along the river in Downtown Jacksonville that is not inside of a hotel. However, riverfront dining was a part of Downtown's identity for more than a century.
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Black History Month predates contemporary political terminology and was conceived during the Jim Crow era as a scholarly initiative, not a partisan one. To label it as ideological is to ignore its historical origins.
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Harry T. Moore’s contributions to the civil rights movement were significantly shaped by his time in Jacksonville, especially at these four sites.
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In honor of Black History Month, here are 11 historic Black cultural heritage destinations in Jacksonville to visit.
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