{"id":169766,"date":"2026-02-26T07:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169766\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T07:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:18:15","slug":"city-lauds-unsung-heroes-during-black-history-month-free-press-of-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169766\/","title":{"rendered":"City Lauds Unsung Heroes During Black History Month \u2013 Free Press of Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Advisory-committee-678x381.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Advisory committee\"\/><br \/>\nL &#8211; R are awardees Pastor Glenn Foreman, Kimberly N. Brown, Kat Wright, Desiree Jones, Jamil Davis and Dana Maule<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/previews.dropbox.com\/p\/thumb\/AC6PciRDFmQQMuyWPcT-C4pmbdKIxSyy3RBW-f5DAuqNb2mC6mwYoc3lRADqchDRDWbHEfuENYM0oD_PhBu-IHugEdzpRImI5L3lRhfCENB_7QcFal8dq9vLENnf0JNj5BA88AZs3z4AzPG6ijiD8I68MvXKXS9ppWzfmd4r_FLI0l_SW-WOXlGXcPSL7_ET8UP-ZHxsPXi_AZ6lfRP_1oV5TkiRQ8yCUPAFRKSvNmTpA89tLIvMV5Uc2P-OqrC6D9PFk0y-72jZgNkNAkydeA6fZ5a95Ux3k0uCOLv_HucNKw\/p.jpeg\" alt=\"AAACOJ2.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"338\"\/>The City of Jacksonville\u2019s Mayor\u2019s African American Advisory Board hosted \u201cA Celebration of Black History Month,\u201d inside the Jacksonville Public Library\u2019s Main Branch downtown. What unfolded was less a ceremony and more a confirmation that the people doing the quiet, consistent work of showing up for this city deserve to be seen, named, and honored out loud. Five individuals received the Black Excellence 365 Awards alongside the recognition of the Legends Public Art Installation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Audrieanna Burgin, event chair, shared, \u201cWe break down barriers and push change from the inside,\u201d Burgin said. \u201cWe send recommendations to the mayor that we hear from our community to make sure our community is represented. We also have the honor of highlighting members of our community that we believe are unsung heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recipients were allowed to share a few comments upon receiving their awards. Honoree Dana Michelle Maule did not define Northside Pride with a mission statement. She painted a picture. \u201cNorthside Pride is marching in the Northside Classic chanting down Moncreif Road,\u201d Maule said. \u201cIt\u2019s a monthly subscription to the Jacksonville Free Press. It\u2019s a turkey wrap with a lemonade at Cafe Resistance. I am Northside Pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Legacy Award went to the Jacksonville Cultural Council, the team behind the Legends Public Art Installation, recognized for transforming the facade of the Legends Center in Northwest Jacksonville into a nightly celebration of Black history and culture.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Mayor\u2019s African American Advisory Board and upcoming events, contact ehenry@coj.net.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"L &#8211; R are awardees Pastor Glenn Foreman, Kimberly N. Brown, Kat Wright, Desiree Jones, Jamil Davis and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-169766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}