Daughter of late civil rights activist remembers father as statue comes down
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As cranes lifted the Confederate monument out of Springfield Park on Wednesday morning, one name was called out by a crowd that had gathered to watch. “Ben…
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Daughters of Jacksonville civil rights icon who died at 102 look back on his legacy
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville civil rights legend Lloyd Nash Pearson Jr. died on Sunday at the age of 102. Three of Pearson’s daughters told News4JAX on Friday their father taught…
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Jacksonville civil rights legend Lloyd Pearson dies at 102
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville civil rights legend Lloyd Nash Pearson Jr. died on Sunday at the age of 102, the Jacksonville Branch NAACP announced via Facebook. Pearson was a longtime…
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Civil rights attorneys plan to sue Camden County deputy who fatally shot exonerated Florida man
CAMDEN COUNTY, Ga. – Well-known civil rights attorneys Ben Crump and Henry Daniels will announce Tuesday the basis of a lawsuit against a Camden County deputy who fatally shot a…
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DOJ concludes viral arrest of Le’Keian Woods did not violate civil rights laws: JSO
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has concluded its review of the case involving Le’Keian after attorneys for the 24-year-old asked the federal agency to get involved. According…
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National civil rights leaders plan hate crime summit in Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Nearly one week after a gunman killed three Black people in New Town, National civil rights leader Al Sharpton, the family of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr,…
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