Florida, Black history and Senate

Clash over Florida’s Black history museum location returns
FLAG FIGHT — “Florida Senate Republicans introduced legislation Monday that would ban government buildings, including schools, from flying flags that show support for any political message or figure, such as LBGTQ pride, Black Lives Matter and even Trump,” reports POLITICO’s Andrew Atterbury.
State Senate bill would form board to oversee Florida Black History Museum in St. Augustine
Florida Senate Bill 466, filed by Sen. Tom Leek, would establish a board of directors to oversee the creation of the Florida Museum of Black History. The museum is planned to be built on the former site of Florida Memorial University in West Augustine, a location chosen for its historical significance.
🏛️10 museums in Central Florida that focus on Black history
Through the years, leaders in the community have stepped up to create museums or save historical houses belonging to prominent figures in Central Florida’s African American history. Their main goal: to preserve their stories and to educate the community.
Lucy C. Laney museum honors Augusta leaders, Black history
This month is Black History Month, and the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is honoring prominent figures in the community with a calendar.
Great 8 Events: Black History exhibition at Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Good Morning Richmond's Delaney Hall and StormTracker8's Matt DiNardo headed back into the livestream studio to share some exciting events going on this weekend.
Ashland's Black History Museum to host fundraising dinner, looking for new location
The C.B. Nuckolls Community Center and Black History Museum is holding its annual fundraising dinner Feb. 22 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Highlands Museum.
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Endangered Florida butterfly species actually benefits from hurricanes, data shows
One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people ...
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Smithsonian director, renowned illustrator coming to Florida Museum for book signing Feb. 20
Gear up for fossil fun at the Florida Museum of Natural History’s “Cruisin’ Deep Time” Talk and Book Signing on Thursday, Feb ...
Central Florida legislator Geraldine Thompson, a civil-rights leader, dies at 76
Geraldine Thompson, a long-serving legislator and “trailblazing” civil-rights leader from Central Florida, died after complications from knee surgery, her family announced Thursday. Senate President ...
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Glaucia Del-Rio joins the Florida Museum of Natural History as curator of ornithology
Glaucia Del-Rio officially stepped into her role as curator of ornithology at the Florida Museum of Natural History ...
Bill filed to advance development of Black History museum in St. Augustine
The bill provides for the creation of a board of directors and directs the board to oversee the "commission, construction, ...
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Shark attacks dropped worldwide last year, Florida museum reports
The United States continues to be the most likely country in which to get bitten by a shark, according to the annual International Shark Attack File from the Florida Museum of Natural History.
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DeSantis calls in budget for New College to take over Ringling Museum from Florida State
Oversight of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art could fall under the New College of Florida umbrella with a new ...