Rev. H.K. Matthews

Members of the Pensacola community paid tribute Thursday night to Rev. H.K. Matthews. The Civil Rights leader, who spent decades fighting for equality and justice in Northwest Florida, died last week at the age of 97. Many attended a memorial celebration at the Brownsville Community Center to honor his life and legacy.

As the celebration of Black History Month nears conclusion, Rev. H.K. Matthews — a Pensacola-area Civil Rights icon — looks back and then forward.Black…

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Pensacola residents protesting the death of George Floyd spent the weekend making their voices heard at the iconic 17th Street Trestle were joined by two…

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Fifty years ago President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law – prohibiting the discriminatory voting practices that had been adopted in…