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Stringbeans May and the Birth of the Blues in Black Vaudeville
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Tagged "Pray for the Lights to Go Out", A Bunch of Blues, Alan Lomax, Alf Kelly, Ashley Street Blues, Ballin' the Jack, Bijou Theater, Black Masonic Temple, Black Masonic Temple Jacksonville, Blind Blake, Broadway Rastus, Buddy Bradley, Butler "String Beans" May, Butler May, Charlie Johnson and His Paradise Band, Chicago Defender, Clara White Mission, Colored Airdome, Dave Seroff, David Sager, Eartha Mary Magdalene White, Eartha White, Elgin Movements, Ellen Goodloe, Erwin Bosman, Florence McClain, Frank Montgomery, Genaro Urso, Globe Theater, Gus Haenschen, Hattie Akers, Hillman Pratt Funeral Home, Incorporated Prince Hall Affiliated, Indianapolis Freeman, Irvin Miller, J. Paul Wyer, Jean Stearns, Jelly Roll Morton, Jessie May Horn, Jim Crow, LaVilla, Leola Wilson, Lubin Company, Lynn Abbott, Ma Rainey, Marshall Stearns, New York Age, Perry Bradford, Rastus Among the Zulus, Robert Johnson, Salem Tutt Whitney, Strand Theater, Stringbeans May, Sweetie Matthews, Sylvester Russell, Tony Langston, W.C. Handy, Will Benbow, Will Benbow’s Chocolate Drops Company, Willis Laurence James, Zip Coon
Brewster Hospital in Jim Crow Jax
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Tagged Ann Boylan DeGroot, B&W Rooming House, B.J. Sessions, Bettye J. Sessions, Bonnie Sparrow, Boylan Industrial Home and School, Boylan-Haven, Brewster Alumni and Community Nurses Association, Brewster Hospital, Brewster Hospital and Nurse Training School, Carpenter Gothic, Christian Peters, Diane Melendez, Duval County Hospital and Asylum, Ed Austin, Emmet Walker, George Brewster, Glorious Johnson, Harriet Emerson, jax psycho geo, Jesse Paulhill, Joel McEachin, Lakeshia Sutton, LaVilla, Lenape Tavern, Matilda Brewster, Methodist Hospital Jacksonville, North Florida Land Trust, nurses' annex, Old Brewster, Rayford Brown, Reggie Fullwood, Ritza Peters, River City Renaissance, Ruth Esther Meeker, Scatmo Reaves, Tim Gilmore, UF Health Jacksonville Priscilla Brown, Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Wynn Hotel
LaVilla’s Progress Furniture Company
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Tagged 318 Broad Street, 324 Broad Street, Bernie Moskovitz, Black Masonic Temple Jacksonville, Broad Street Jacksonville, Broad Street LaVilla, Brooklyn Jacksonville, DeLoach Furniture, Gladys Klausner, Goony Golf, Herman Klausner, Isador Moskovitz, Jacksonville Jewish Center, Jacksonville Train Terminal, Kenneth Klausner, LaVilla, LBee Furniture, Liberty Furniture Company, Manuel Rivera, Manuel's Tap Room, Mayor Ed Austin, Noli Novak, Noli Novak artist, Olga Moskovitz, Paula Klausner, Paula Moskovitz, Progress Furniture Company, psychogeography Florida, Richmond Hotel Jacksonville, Richmond Hotel LaVilla, River City Renaissance, Southern Gothic Jacksonville, Terminal Hotel, Terminal Liquors, Terry DeLoach, Tim Gilmore, United Optical Outlet
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
New Story: Resurrecting Hill Top, Black History on Forman Circle
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Tagged Across the Creek, Alice E. Hunter, Alice E. Hunter Hall, Alice Hunter, Black Creek, Brewster Hospital, Buddington's Quarters, Cush Jenkins, Edd Burroughs, Eddie James Burroughs Sr., Embedded in Clay, Emma Berrings, Etta Douglas, Fowler Cemetery, Frosard Buddington, Grant Forman, Grant Forman Cemetery, Grant S. Forman, Green Cove Springs, Hill Top Black Heritage Education Center, Hill Top Clay County, Hill Top Middleburg, Hilltop Clay County, Hilltop Middleburg, Hiram Prescott, Howard's Quarters, Hunter-Douglas Park, jax psycho geo, jaxpsychogeo, Jonathan Knight, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, LaVilla, Life on Hill Top, Makayla Paige Merriweather, Martin Luther King Clay County Florida, Maude Burroughs, Maude Burroughs Jackson, Maude Jackson, Maureen Jung, Middleburg Colored School, Middleburg High School, MLK, MLK Clay County, Moses Prescott, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Reggie Bridges, St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, Susannah Prescott, Tim Gilmore, Walter Whetstone, Wanda Glennon Canaday, Whetstonian
New Story: Chaseville “Colored Settlement” / Fort Caroline Club Estates
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Tagged Albert Sammis, Bruce Mouser, Brutus and Cain Bolton, Cary Wintz, Charles McNeill, Chaseville, Chaseville Colored Settlement, Clarence B. Moore, Daniel Dustin Hanson, Eartha White, Edidin Drive, Elizabeth Coffee, Fort Carolina Club Estates, Fort Caroline Elementary School, Fort Caroline Road, Geodesica, George Edwin Taylor, Gilbert Spindel, Hansontown, Heidi Road, Horseshoe Landing, Jacksonville Florida, Joel McEachin, John C. Christian, Kaden Drive, Kingsley Plantation, LaVilla, Lonnie Wurn, Marian Tillinghast Taylor, Marlene Sokol, Matt Soergel, Mill Cove Complex, Mount Olive Cemetery Green Cove Springs, National Liberty Party, New Castle Creek, Oakland Jacksonville, Old Chaseville Road, Reddie Point, Rogero Road, Roundhouse, Samuel Chase, Ted Edidin, Tim Gilmore, Timucuan Indians, United States Colored Troops, University Boulevard, William Marple, William Reddy
Story #509: Riverdale Inn / Brazile House / Kelly House
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Tagged Albert Ellis O'Neall, Albert O'Neall, Arden Herrin, B & B Exterminating, Barnett Mansion Springfield, Benvenuto, Bret Burmeister, Charlie Towers, Claude L'Engle, Consolidated Naval Stores, Elizabeth Brazile, Eric Waln, Florida history, Gum Bunch, Haydon Burns Library, Henry John Klutho, Irma O'Neall, J.E.T. Bowden, Jacksonville Florida, jax psycho geo, Jessica Miner-Killian, Jonathan Greeley, Larry James Bana, LaVilla, Malcolm Gladwell Jacksonville, Marjorie Ann O'Neall, Mary Mychael Waln, McCoys Creek, Mellen Greeley, Memorial Park, Napier Apartments, naval stores, Orren McJunkins, Ortega Jacksonville, Palms Boarding House, Palms Hotel, Riverdale Inn, Riverside Avondale, Riverside Hospital, Rocco Morabito, Rogers Towers, Rufus King Jr., Slappey Building, The Mad Atlas of Virginia King, The Row, Tim Gilmore, Tim Gilmore Florida, Tom Gilmore, Virginia King, Walter Brazile, Walter P. Brazile, William Kelly, William O'Neall
The Adams Building: from the Vice Wars to “Rehumanizing the Broken Man”
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Tagged Adams Building, Adams Building Hotel, Bettelini's, Bettelini's Hotel, Blue Bird Bar and Grill, Ed Austin, Florida history, Fox Jewelry and Loan, Great Fire of 1901, Hamilton Jay, Hank Smith, Hotel Moncrief, J.E.T. Bowden, James Inn, jax psycho geo, LaVilla, Lesnick, Pete Lesnick, Pete's Jewelry and Loan, Prospect House, Richard Lesnick, Richard Martin, River City Renaissance, Robert Starrett, Sam Houston, Sam Russ, St. James Recovery Center, T.J. Underhill, The Store, Tim Gilmore
New Story: Lawton Pratt Funeral Home
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Tagged A.L. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, Afro-American Life Insurance Company, Bessie Coleman, Blodgett Villa, Booker T. Washington, E.L. Weems, Ed Austin, Ellie Lee Weems, Evelyn Hillman, Hillman Pratt, Hillman Pratt and Walton, Independent Furniture, Irvlyn Kennebrew, Jacksonville history, Janie Coffey, jax psycho geo, Joseph Blodgett, L.L. Pratt, LaVilla, Lawton Pratt, Lawton Pratt Funeral Home, National Negro Funeral Directors’ Association, Negro Business League, Oscar Hillman, Paxon Air Field, Paxon School, River City Rennaissance, Sugar Hill, Tim Gilmore, Waldorf Cafe, Weems Photography
Terminal Hotel
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Tagged Bettelini's Hotel, Frederick Bettelini, Hamilton Jay, Hotel Melrose, Hotel Terminal, Jacksonville Historical Society, Jacksonville Regional Transportation Center, Jacksonville Terminal, LaVilla, Mitch Hemann, Prime Osborn, Sam B. Russ, Sam Russ, T.J. Underhill, Terminal Comissary, Terminal Hotel, Terminal Hotel Atlanta, Terminal Hotel Jacksonville, Terminal Restaurant, Terminal Watch Company, Thomas J. Underhill, Thomas Underhill
