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The Horrid Little History of the National Association for the Advancement of White People in Jax
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Tagged A.C. Shuler, Alphise Brock, Beaver Street Baptist Church, Bob Gray, Calvary Baptist Church, Dan Daniels, David Duke, Donal Godfrey, Donald Van Fleet, First Baptist Church, Fuller Warren, George Hodges, Highlands Branch Library, J.D. Driggers, Jerry Driggers, Joyce Cochran, KKK, Lackawanna Elementary, Linda Sparks, NAAWP, National Association for the Advancement of White People, Pay Doyle, racism Jacksonville, Reno Wolfe, Susan Lamb, Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, Tommy Prater, Tonyaa Weathersbee, Trinity Baptist Church, W.A. Hobson
New story: Normandy Motel
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Tagged Alma Lee Bivins, Battle of the Bulge, Billy Goat Hill, Bivins Dairy, Bivins Road, Cecil Field, Cecil Motel, Charlie Matthews, Donald Matthews, Fouraker Road, Gallery of Antiques and Collectibles, General Patton, Gray and Gray Insurance, Hilltop Inn, jax psycho geo, Judge Donald Matthews, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, lampe berger, Mary Matthews, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Normandy Boulevard, Normandy Motel, Operation Overlord, Peggy Matthews, Riverside Memorial Park, Robert E. Lee High School, Thomas W. Bivins, Tim Gilmore, Westside Jacksonville, Wills Branch Tributary
The Lynching of Johnnie Mae Chappell
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This Week’s Story: Tip Top Tavern / Randall’s Ranch House Restaurant
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Tagged Darryl Swearingen, Donal Godfrey, DuPont School, Ed Canady, Folsom Haven, Helen Fleiss, Helen Wooten, Hines Restaurant, J&L Friendly Tavern, jax psycho geo, John Haven, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Lackawanna Elementary, North Shore, Panama Park, Patrick Foley, Randall Fleiss, Randall's Ranch House Restaurant, Richard Atkinson, Robert Zortea, Ron Pate, Rose Pate, Tallulah, Tally's Lounge, Tim Gilmore, Tip Top Tavern, Urban Meyer, Woody's Place, Your Tavern, Zorty's Ranch House Restaurant
New Story: First Baptist Church
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Two Writers Dead on Bay Street
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When the Klan hid and sniveled in a courthouse bathroom
Click below for the seventh story in a series of seven about the KKK in Jacksonville. On June 13th, come to Coniferous Cafe in downtown Jax at 7 pm, to hear Tim Gilmore’s talk “The Klan in Jax: Its Repugnant Rise and Hysterical Collapse.