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'Gentle giant:' Family turns son's tragedy into catalyst to save others
Rajhon House was everything a dad could want. After his sudden death, the House family is determined to make sure no one else experiences their pain.
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Bail Project offers 'lifeline to get out of this system.' How the Escambia program works.
The Bail Project is an organization founded on challenging the money bail system, reuniting families, and restoring the presumption of innocence.
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Eddie Brown has helped mold NFL talent, everyday kids in Pensacola for almost four decades
Eddie Brown has worked nearly 40 years at the Salvation Army and has helped nourish a culture of love and belonging for many children in the community.
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What's the appeal of drag shows? Expression, community, awareness, entertainment and fun
Stamped Film Festival will hold a drag show at Pensacola Little Theater during Gallery Night's celebrating Pride month and LGBTQ+ entertainment.
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Six years after Pulse, LGBTQ community fighting for a 'better world'
Sunday's Pensacola vigil for the Orlando Pulse night club shooting will reinforce the importance of having safe spaces for the LGBTQ community.
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Raising Black boys in a world that fears them: Pensacola activists reflect on Trayvon Martin
The death of Trayvon Martin galvanized a generation of activists. A decade after his death, Pensacola Dream Defenders is holding a vigil in his honor.
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New documentary shines light on Northwest Florida's older LGBTQ+ community
The documentary, "Someone Waits for Me," provides stories and experiences of older LGBTQ+ people of Northwest Florida.
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Legacy of melody: Pensacola family inspires thousands of children to love music
The Clark Family has taught thousands of students in Escambia County Schools the beauty of music and following your passion.
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Doulas like Angela West-Robinson are helping Black mothers feel in control while in labor
Angela West-Robinson is a doula who works to give Black mothers the chance to feel supported and in control while in child birth.
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'Fighting for freedom': Pensacola Pass earns Underground Railroad status
Pensacola Pass has been recognized as a network within the Undeground Railroad to help with the resistance to enslavement
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First Black principal oboist for Nashville Symphony got his start in Pensacola
Titus Underwood's musical family were also servants of their community. His upbringing has thus molded him to always give back to the disadvantage.
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Pensacola son Avion Wright gets big break in Jimmy Buffett's 'Escape To Margaritaville'
Avion Wright is a drummer who is touring with with a Broadway show and will be returning to Pensacola which helped shaped his journey in music.
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'Incredible and tragic' story of America's largest free Black settlement comes to Pensacola
Florida Public Archaeology Network is unveiling an exhibit called "The Maroon Marines" that looks at the largest free Black settlement in the U.S.
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Around the world on an 11-foot watercraft: Tristán de Luna's descendent returns to Pensacola
Álvaro de Marichalar, a descendant of Spanish explorer Tristan de Luna, visited Pensacola during his trip around the world on a personal watercraft.
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Second chance to 'be somebody.' How AMIkids Pensacola helps kids reach their potential
AMIkids Pensacola works to build confidence and career skills in kids the rest of the world have given up on.
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MLK Jr.'s changed the world. For one Milton woman, he was simply Uncle Martin.
Jawana Jackson’s family shared their home with the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. for six months. The lessons lasted a lifetime.
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Carl Brashear's bravery inspired the 'Men of Honor' movie, and now NAS Pensacola students
NAS Pensacola on Thursday hosted Philip Brashear whose father was the first African American diver for the Navy and the movie Men of Honor retold.
Can a hotel help reduce veteran suicides? Innisfree is training employees to do just that.
New Year's celebration brings joy and remembrance for those of Yoruba faith in Pensacola
Carpenters Creek Connected shares how Pensacolians lives intertwined with imperiled creek
Pensacola's skateboarding scene goes back generations. A new skate park excites them all.
Santa Rosa's public school for Black students opened 114 years ago. They were honored Tuesday.
FemFest is back to celebrate, recognize and embrace womanhood
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Black infants in Escambia are dying at alarming rates ... and the rates are getting worse
During the Covid shutdown, Escambia County’s overall infant mortality rate fell 44%. For Black Babies, it climbed 59%.
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She spent her life learning to love who she is. A new law threatens to undo it all.
Florida SB 254 put restrictions around who can provide gender affirming care, and where. Now the transgender community is unsure what to do next.
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Regret and hope vie for attention in Pensacola's Tanyard neighborhood
The neighborhood, on the outskirts of Pensacola’s booming downtown, is changing rapidly as the growth along Palafox Street seeps outward.
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Florida's suffrage movement cannot be told without highlighting this Pensacola woman
Celia Myrover Robinson, an editor for the Pensacola Journal newspaper, was a leading voice in Florida efforts to to give women the right to vote.
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'People need heroes': Pensacola's comic shops have fostered fans, inclusivity for decades
“I think the core thing that attracts them is just that people need heroes. You need to feel they’re gonna win.”
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Civil Rights activist Bob Zellner 'put his body on the line.' Pensacola can hear his story.
Bob Zellner came from a Ku Klux Klan family, but spent the rest of his life being an advocate for equal rights and opportunities for everyone.