More than 60 years ago, what was once known as Florida Memorial College sat on more than 310 acres of land in St. Augustine, Fla. Now, a portion of that property in St. Augustine will be used for the site of Florida’s Black History Museum, housing artifacts, a performing arts center, an art gallery and an educational space. “I think that founding missionaries. … now get to rest to knowing that that land is serving a mighty purpose,” Florida Memorial University President William C. McCormick, Jr. told the Miami Herald following a signing ceremony Friday afternoon for the ground lease agreement between
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