The U.S. Civil Rights Trail is expanding in 2026 to include Jacksonville, the city announced Thursday, creating a local trail of place-based markers, educational programming and storytelling that will highlight streets, neighborhoods and institutions where civil rights organizing took root.
Two people were arrested and charged with murder on Friday in the 2023 shooting death of a 34-year-old man in Durkeeville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
When you meet Dana Michelle, she’ll introduce herself as your “neighbor.” That’s because she is on a mission to advocate and fight for Durkeeville, one of Jacksonville’s historic Black neighborhoods.
A man was arrested and accused of murdering his mother, who was found covered with a blanket Monday morning, in the backyard of a home near Durkeeville, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Jacksonville’s historic Durkeeville neighborhood was the center of a unique Black History Month celebration—a guided urban bike tour that included stops at significant cultural and historical sites.
A man was found dead early Thursday morning in a home on West 12th Street in the city’s Durkeeville neighborhood, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said.
A deeper look into the history of a gravesite in the middle of a sidewalk in Durkeeville shows that while the site has received a lot of attention in the past, there are still many questions that remain unanswered.
Just feet away from children playing in the park and beautiful old oak trees, is an unbelievable site. A gravesite for a man who died decades ago buried, in the middle of a sidewalk, in the historic Durkeeville community.
In April, the Jacksonville City Council passed Ordinance 2021-0253, which approved $200,000 to invest in revitalization and development in Durkeeville.
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Jacksonville councilman, at large, Terrance Freeman said he wants more attention given to every community in the consolidated city for redevelopment.
A new bill would give the okay for a study to revitalize and improve historic Durkeeville, one of the oldest African American communities in the city.
Durkeeville is the first African American community to get a historic designation. The community is just west of I-95 and includes the Myrtle Avenue area.
Jacksonville City Council member Ju’Coby Pittman wants to be an example for the people she represents in the neighborhoods of District 8.
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The family of a 30-year-old Jacksonville man who was found fatally shot along a Durkeeville bike trail said Wednesday that a woman has been taken into custody following his death.
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Renovated a few years ago, this field in Jacksonville’s historically Black Durkeeville is steeped in African American history. One of the original Negro League teams, the Jacksonville Red Caps, played on the field in 1938. Full Screen Full Screen 1 / 6 Renovated a few years ago, a baseball field in Jacksonville’s historically Black Durkeeville is steeped in African American history. See, they can’t start the game without me.”In 1953, a new era of history for Jacksonville and baseball began when the stadium became the home of the Jacksonville Braves. In 1953, Samuel Wolfson racially integrated the Jacksonville Braves by adding three Black baseball players to the roster.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A woman was shot in the leg in the Durkeeville neighborhood at 1300 W. 11th St. around 6:30 p.m. Sunday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The woman is in her mid 30s. She has non-life threatening injuries, and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department transferred her to an area hospital. The Sheriff's Office is encouraging those who have any information to call 904-630-0500. This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
