Foundation for the Museum of Black History
We are thrilled to announce the formation of the Foundation for the Museum of Black History (FMBH) and the upcoming establishment of a campus dedicated to celebrating the
We are thrilled to announce the formation of the Foundation for the Museum of Black History (FMBH) and the upcoming establishment of a campus dedicated to celebrating the
“Many an achievement of the Black race, glorious, great and grand, instead of being compiled in the annals of the people, instead of being woven in the story and song, instead
On January 5,1595, Estebana became the first recorded Black child to be born and baptized in the New World. Her mother Gracia was an enslaved Black woman. The day was Epiphany, and the place was the 30-year-old Spanish settlement at St. Augustine, Florida. Friar Francisco de Marrón, Custos (Custodian) of Florida for the Diocese of Cuba, performed and recorded the ceremony at the city’s first church, Nuestra Señora de la Soledad, or Our Lady of Solitude, honoring Mary. The written record of the baptism is preserved as part of the oldest parish records
For more than 30 years Fort Mose Historic State Park had everything a visitor could wish for – except a fort. With the snip of a ribbon earlier this year, that last wish has come true. Officials from St. Augustine
The Florida Museum of Black History is several steps closer to becoming a reality in St. Johns County/St. Augustine thanks to a $1 million appropriation from the State of Florida. The line item was spared Gov. Ron DeSantis’s veto
Click here to watch the full interview Curtis Arnett paints with more than brush and oil—he paints with memory, scent, sound and feeling. “Sometimes I think I talk to the trees,” he says with a smile. “I know what mud smells like. I know
In 1687, a group of eight men, two women and a child traveled by dugout seeking freedom from enslavement in a Carolina colony. They found it in St. Augustine. Four years later, the Spanish King Carlos II issued the first official crown
The Founding Directors are pleased to announce the formation of the Foundation for the Museum of Black History to support the creation of the Florida Museum of Black History, soon to be established in historic St. Augustine/St
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