In the making since 2023, legislation is now pressing in the Florida Legislature that will lay the foundation for the new Florida Museum of Black History to be built in St. Augustine.
Greg White with the Community Redevelopment Agency once rode a bus to Tallahassee that memorably caught fire on I-10 as supporters were on their way to pitch the museum to state leaders.
St. Johns County was later chosen as a site for the museum by the Florida Museum of Black History Task Force.
“It means the revitalization of historic West Augustine,” White said.
The location brings meaning back to the old Florida Memorial University property, where the museum will be built.