Watson was one of the first Black landowners in Tallahassee after the Civil War. ... After the war, by 1868, almost 3,000 Black people owned land in Florida.

Florida has more Black-owned businesses with employees compared to any other state in the country, according to the Florida Chamber of Commerce. In Tallahassee, Black businesses have a long ...

Florida K-12 curriculum still will say Black people gained 'personal benefit' from slavery 'We didn’t accept it then, we’re not going to accept it now,' one state legislator said.

“Know your history.” “Know our history.” Those are the words of Dorothy Inman-Johnson as she reflects on why her new book, "Tallahassee’s Black History Firsts: Post-Reconstruction Era ...

Florida. Black leaders rally in Tallahassee against Florida’s denial of race studies course Civil rights activist Al Sharpton led a rally with several hundred people from a local church to the ...

It cites Florida Governor Ron DeSantis', quote, "aggressive attempts to erase Black history." And it continues, Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ ...

Tallahassee real estate association working to close gap in homeownership rates for Black people. ... Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees is expected to vote this week on the contract ...

Since March, Tallahassee police have fatally shot three people—all of whom were Black. The most recent shooting, of a 69-year-old man named Wilbon Woodard, occurred just a week prior to McDade ...

A black transgender man was fatally shot Wednesday by a police officer in Tallahassee, Florida — at least the third reported officer-involved shooting in Tallahassee in two months.. The victim ...

Johnson, a Black transgender woman, lives in a safe house not far from the Florida Capitol, where lawmakers in recent years have placed new restrictions on transgender people, as have legislators ...

(Tallahassee) – Florida’s recent educational laws and policies fuel discrimination and fear, said Florida Rising, the Rule of Law Impact Lab at Stanford Law School, and Human Rights Watch in a ...