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Tag Archives: Durkeeville
New Story: Poisoning Durkeeville: Fairfax Street Wood Treaters / Howard Feed Mills / American Motors Export Company
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Tagged AMEC, American Motors Export Company, Chromated Copper Arsenate, Continental Can Company, Durkeeville, Ennis Davis, Environmental Protection Agency, Ernest Lundy, Fairfax Street Wood Treaters, Florida Departments of Environmental Protection, George Howard, Granada Jacksonville, Harold Saxelbye, Health and of Financial Services, Henry Innes, Howard Feed Mills, Innes coup, Innes producer, Innes sedan, Innes Touring Car, Jack Spottswood, Jacksonville Brewing Company, Jax Beer, jax psycho geo, Lawrence Webb Howard, Marsh and Saxelbye, Moncrief Creek, Mulford Marsh, R.V. Daniels Elementary School, Reclaiming Jacksonville, Representative Tracie Davis, superfund site, Susie E. Tolbert Elementary, Tim Gilmore, Tracie Davis, Trout River, Veri-Best, Wood Treaters LLC
New Story: Durkeeville: Kennelly Building; Ballot Cures, ‘Black Votes Matter,’ ‘Red Ball Building’ Goes Blue
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Tagged "Red Ball Building", 93.3 The Beat, American Motors Export Company, Andre Johnson, Andrew Pantazi, Beverly McClain, Black Votes Matter, Brent Shore, Brittany Matthews, Christina Kittle, Claude Kirk, Color Jax Blue, Desmond White, Durkeeville, Duval County Canvassing Board, Fairfax Street Wood Treaters, Families of Slain Children Inc., FOSCI, geexella, Gene Dot Com, In-Justice ’N Jacksonville, Innes Cars, Jacksonville: The Consolidation Story, James Crooks, jaxpsychogeo, Jim Crooks, Jordan Davis, Kathryn Petway Shore, Kennelly Building, Kennelly Moving and Storage Company, Kenya Davis, Kiara Joyner, LaVilla, Mamas of the Movement, Michael Dunn, Moncrief Creek, Monique Sampson, Myrtle Avenue, New Stanton School, Nubian Roberts, Obscura Lux, Ortega Hills, Overstreet Ducasse, R.V. Daniels Elementary School, Ribault River, Roosevelt Watson, Shawana Brooks, St. Pius V. Catholic Church, Stanton College Preparatory School, Stanton School, Susie E. Tolbert Elementary School, Thomas Kennelly, Tim Gilmore, Vote-by-Mail Cure Affidavit
When Jax Declared Its Center a “Slum Heart,” ‘Evil,” and Demanded Exorcism
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The deep baritone drips with condescension, festers with open sarcasm.
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Tagged Alexander Crosby, Bender Cawthon, Black Bottom, Blodgett, Brentwood, Brooklyn, Durkeeville, Eartha White, Federal Housing Authority, Florida Theatre, Hansontown, Jack Spottswood, Jacksonville Housing Authority, jaxpsychogeo, LaVilla, Mollie Chapman, Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, Nasrallah Building, Negro Advisory Council, One Bad Apple, Slum Heart of Jacksonville, slumlords, Springfield, State Board of Health Building, Tim Gilmore
When Governor Claude Kirk Hopped the Fence and Took the Mic from “Black Power Agitator,” H. Rap Brown
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Tagged Art Hamilton, Ax Handle Saturday, Babe Ruth, Ben Geraghty, Black Panthers, Black Power, Bubbling Small, Buck O'Neil, Charlie Griffin, Claude Kirk, Dale Carson, Durkee Field, Durkeeville, Felix Mantilla, Fred Dickinson, H. Rap Brown, Hank Aaron, Hemming Park, honkies, Horace Garner, Indianapolis Clowns, J.P. Small, Jackie Robinson, Jacksonville Braves, Jacksonville Red Caps, Jacksonville Tars, James Baldwin, James Small, jaxpsychogeo, Joseph Durkee, LaVilla, Lorraine Motel, Manuel Rivera, Manuel's Tap Room, Martin Luther King, Negro Leagues, Negroes with Guns, Robert F. Williams, Sallye B. Mathis, SNCC, Stanton School, Stokely Carmichael, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Sugar Hill, The Fire Next Time, Tim Gilmore, Willie Weston
Hansontown Lies Beneath FSCJ’s Downtown Campus
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Tagged Bethel Baptist Church, Camilla Thompson, Central Grammar and High School, Clara White, Clara White Mission, Cynthia Bioteau, Daniel Dustin Hanson, Douglas Anderson, Downtown Campus, Durkeeville, Eartha White, Ed Napier, FCCJ, FJC, Florida Community College at Jacksonville, Florida Junior College, Florida StarSt. Joseph Missionary Baptist Church, Florida State College at Jacksonville, FSCJ, FSCJ Archive, Hansontown, Henry John Klutho, Jennifer Grey, Joseph Augustus Baldwin, LaVilla, Orange Street, Springfield, Sugar Hill, Sugar Underwood, U.S. Colored Troops
Pedrica Mendez’s House
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The fire that consumed the great two-story house next door jumped sparks at Padrica’s house.
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Tagged Alvin Ailey, Bert Williams, Carmen Jones, Durkeeville, Ed Austin, Enrico Caruso, Frank Nero, Havana Night Club, Jacksonville, jaxpsychogeoTonyaa Weathersbee, Jennifer Chase, Joel McEachin, Josephine Baker, LaVilla, Manuel Rivera, Manuel's Tap Room, Mariano Stabile, MaVynee Betsch, Padrica Mendez, Pedro Mendez, Queen of Sheba, River City Renaissance, Solomon Shad, Sugar Hill, The Two Spot, Tim Gilmore, Victor Banjo, Virginia King
