Jacksonville city council members are advocating for a significant change to honor a local legend with a proposed bill to rename Oakland Park after Dr. Eartha White, a renowned philanthropist and humanitarian who left a lasting mark on the River City. The Legacy of Oakland Park, located at the corner of Ionia and Union Streets, has been a staple of Jacksonville for over a century.

The Clara White Mission is hosting Table Roots Act I: A Farm to Fork Experience on February 25 at 4 pm. Tickets are $125 per person. Tickets are on sale now at tableroots.eventbrite.com. The goal is to raise $5,000 to fund youth programming focused on agriculture, conservation and the arts.

In 1915, the Florida Legislature paid for half of the $25,000 it cost to build the statue that sat in Springfield Park until Wednesday.

The metal tanks, which historians said were also used for baptisms, were some of the few options for Black Americans in Jacksonville during segregation.

Volunteers gave away thousands of sweaters, jackets, blankets, long-sleeved shirts, even socks and shoes, on Wednesday to keep people warm during the winter at the annual Mister Rogers Neighborhood Sweater Drive.

Vandals have hit a nonprofit urban farm in Northwest Jacksonville three times in the past three weeks.

The Eartha M.M. White Historical Museum is reopening after being on hiatus during the Covid-19 pandemic.

As Jacksonville celebrates 200 years of history, we are remembering some of the city's most influential people from Eartha M.M. White to A. Philip Randolph.

You might not realize that many of the neighborhoods that now make up Jacksonville were once cities themselves.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The JAX Chamber Foundation is launching a forum designed to improve economic opportunity for African Americans in Jacksonville, according to a news release Wednesday. The Lewis and White Business League is named after A.L. Lewis and Dr. Eartha White -- two African American business leaders in Jacksonville who are both charter members of the National Negro Business League, which was founded in 1900 by Booker T. Washington to advance the economic conditions of African Americans. “This is one step in the Chamber’s efforts to ensure that everyone in our community has the opportunity to succeed.”The Lewis and White Business League said it will include connections to business and educational advancement, quarterly meetings with guest speakers and networking and mentoring opportunities. The first of the league’s events are being planned for the first quarter of 2021.

As Veteran’s Day approaches, locals are remembering Eartha White, the creator of the Clara White Mission, named after her mother. White was known to help everyone in the community, including veterans, often she would lay wreaths on Veteran’s Day. Dozens came to honor the woman who has helped so many in the community, including veterans. She was known of one of a few African American women that could go between the black and white community, to get a lot of social issues addressed. Veteran’s Day is November 11th.