The Jesse Aaron House

Jesse Aaron (1887-1979), was part Seminole and African American and began carving wood when he was in his eighties.

He was a noted folk artist whose cypress and cedar carvings were widely sought by collectors and museums. Aaron carved on ...

A. Quinn Jones Center

Constructed in 1923, and opened in 1925 as Lincoln High School and successor to the Union Academy, this two-story red brick school became one of the first accredited high schools in Florida for African American students.

The historic school building ...

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park

Many African Americans in rural Florida lived in small tenant houses like the one standing in the orange grove at the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Historic State Park.

Visitors to this Florida homestead can walk back in time to 1930s farm ...

Jordan Theater

In 1945, John Booker Jordan built the Jordan Theater as a motion picture theater. In the mid-1950s the theater was converted into a teen club, and is now a church.

The block between the former Jordan Theater and the Tivoli ...

Madame John's Legacy House

Madame John's Legacy is one of the finest 18th century building complexes in Louisiana. Of special interest because it escaped the great fire of 1795, which leveled much of New Orleans, the house is actually a product of the preceding ...

Jackson Sqaure

Jackson Square, located in the heart of New Orleans was designed by architect Louis H. Pilié, and modeled after the famous Place des Vosges in Paris, France.

The square, known during the colonial era as the Place d' Armes, by the ...

JRL Conyers Lodge #364

The Masons and Eastern Stars are vital members of the African American community. This 1909 Lodge Hall was also used as an early school facility.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

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Rosamond Johnson Monument

Escambia County resident Rosamond Johnson joined the U.S. Army at age 15. He died in the Korean War before his 18th birthday.

Johnson was the first resident from Escambla County to die in that conflict. He died a hero, trying to ...

John the Baptist Church

Established in 1847 as the first black church in Pensacola, John the Baptist Church is the only surviving evidence of Hawk Shaw, an African American community.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Jupiter Inlet Historic and Archaeological Site, Dubois Park

Dubois Park contains the remains of a village occupied by the Jobe and their predecessors from 1,000 years ago.

The shell midden, or trash pile, from the village site is 20 feet high. Jonathan Dickinson, a Quaker merchant whose family ...