A wall in Juanita Cunningham’s northwest Ocala home recognizes her devotion and service to a community in which, six decades earlier, she was not allowed to use the same public restrooms as white women. At the time, Jim Crow laws required African-Americans in many cases to use separate restrooms, water fountains and entrances to buildings, Read More…
POST BY ALONZA HARDY Historical Sketch Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 25, 2018 1. Historical Sketch Marker Inscription. The group which later became known as the Church of God By Faith came in existence in the year of 1914 when Crawford Bright met Mother Delia Scippio in route to Jacksonville, Florida who had already received the Read More…
Tamari Davis (center) poses with her world championships medal, with her mother, Tamara Davis (left) and grandmother Shirlane Able. (Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira/WUFT News) Four words follow Tamari Davis from her hometown of Gainesville, Florida, to the world stage in Budapest: On your marks. Set. In the time it takes to tie a shoelace, she Read More…