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Latest News
Winners for Visions of the Blck Experience Awards
The second annual Visions of the Black Experience film series celebrates and illuminates the historical, social, and cultural aspects of black life through film.
Is Sarasota Ready for a Lynching Memorial?
In 2016, just as she was completing a city-contracted research project into the history of Sarasota’s Black community, Vickie Oldham of Newtown Alive received a last minute invitation to the annual dinner of Legal Aid of Manaso.
A Message from New College of Florida on the Lynching Memorial
We are proud to announce that New College of Florida has signed on as a partner to bring to the Sarasota African American Art Center and History Museum a permanent replica of the historical marker from the Equal Justice Initiative’s (EJI’s) Memorial for Peace and Justice to Montgomery, AL.
Introducing the Sarasota and Manatee Community Remembrance Project Coalition
We are organizing an alliance of partners to bring a permanent memorial that recognizes lynching victims in this area.