Future of Florida’s Black History Museum in Limbo – Free Press of Jacksonville

Future of Florida’s Black History Museum in Limbo – Free Press of Jacksonville

Plans to establish a long-awaited Black history museum in Florida are once again on hold after legislation needed to advance the project failed to clear the state House for a second consecutive year, despite repeated approval in the Senate. A proposal sponsored by Tom Leek, a Republican from Ormond Beach, has now passed the Senate in back-to-back legislative sessions. But the House version, filed by Kiyan Michael, a Jacksonville Republican, did …

State Black history museum still a long ways off in St. Johns County

For the second year in a row, a bill that would have codified St. Johns County as the home of Florida’s Black history museum failed to make it to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk. Without legislative support, the people behind the museum say its timeline is a big question mark.  But County Administrator Joy Andrews still says there’s reason to be optimistic about the museum’s future — she says a change in leadership in Tallahassee could be beneficial for…