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Florida State Fairgrounds. Coordinates: 27.9877°N 82.3622°W. Main Entrance Archway. The Florida State Fairgrounds in East Lake-Orient Park, Florida, hosts the annual Florida State Fair and various other events. [1] Covering 355 acres (1.44 km 2), it features a variety of buildings.
Cracker Country is a living history museum of rural Florida, and Florida Cracker culture which was established in 1978 by Mildred and Doyle Carlton Jr. [1] Cracker Country features thirteen original buildings dating from 1870 to 1912 and is set in 1898. [1] The buildings were moved to their present location from throughout the state.
List of museums focused on African Americans. An example of an African American museum: The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum. Woodson was the founder of Black History Month, and a noted educator. This is a list of museums in the United States whose primary focus is on African American culture and history.
Contents: Counties in Florida with African American Historic Places. Alachua - Baker - Duval - Escambia - Franklin - Lee - Leon - Miami-Dade - Monroe - Putnam - St. Johns - St. Lucie - Santa Rosa - Seminole - Volusia. Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places (NR) as independent sites or as part of larger historic ...
This Black History Month, South Florida museums and arts organizations have planned dozens of events, exhibitions and performances that highlight the work and legacy of Black creatives. In a time ...
Just two weeks after the school board approved its budget on Sept. 6, the statewide task force on a Florida Museum of Black History began to meet to make plans for a museum and look for a place to ...
Carnegie Library at FAMU. / 30.42750°N 84.28639°W / 30.42750; -84.28639. The Carnegie Library at FAMU is a historic building on the campus of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Built in 1908, the two-story, white-columned building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
Just two weeks after the school board approved its budget on Sept. 6, the statewide task force on a Florida Museum of Black History began to meet to make plans for a museum and look for a place to ...