Students attending public high schools in Leon County have the opportunity to participate in an upcoming essay contest about racial injustice for a prize of at least $5,000.
Civic activist and educator, Byron Greene, lives in Tallahassee, Florida. Byron grew up in Tallahassee, believes in the city, has seen it grow, and considers it a good place. He shares info about the Tallahassee Community Remembrance Project, created to honor people and families, and helping to fill in the blanks of the city's history. Byron is inspired by hope in our community.
In addition to the 4 African-Americans lynched near the historial marker location near Cascades Park, 6 more Leon County Blacks were taken by lynch mobs to Columbia County in 1911 and killed there