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The story of Jacksonville's Filipino community

Jacksonville is home to the biggest Filipino population in Florida, with more than 25,000 residents of Filipino descent in the 2010 Census. Join The Jaxson for a brief history of Jacksonville’s Filipino community from the 1940s to today. Read More

Jacksonville's surviving Green Book sites

First published in 1936, the 'Negro Motorist Green Book' was a compilation of restaurants, over-night accommodations, gas stations and other public services for people of color traversing a “White-only” landscape for Black travelers during segregation. Jacksonville was a major Florida destination featured in the document. Here are four Green Book sites in Jacksonville that still stand today. Read More

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