Daytona State College abruptly withdrew a show of Jon Henry’s photographs depicting Black mothers, citing HVAC issues. Others say that wasn’t the real reason.
Some stories from the past are told by historical markers, but others leave signs that hide in plain sight, including a tiny birdhouse, three large letters at an Orlando middle school, and what may be the City Beautiful’s last wooden phone booths.
On a day that celebrates fathers and freedom (Father’s Day and Juneteenth), let’s salute a true father of democracy in Central Florida: Gustavus Christopher “Gus” Henderson, who was born in 1862 to enslaved parents.