Cars packed the bright green manicured lawn outside the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center. Inside, guests bumped elbows at more than 10 tables set up in the main hall of the historic building.

Keeping the history of Black neighborhoods alive in Gainesville and Alachua County will be done through the telling of stories about normal everyday residents who made up the fabric of those ...

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“Sarah’s Place,” a documentary about Sarah McKnight, a pioneering Black woman in Gainesville, will be screened at the Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center. McKnight was an entrepreneur who owned the ...

Keeping the history of historic neighborhoods in Black communities in Gainesville and Alachua County alive is at the heart of the creation of “The Bearers of Hope Award.” Created and sponsored by the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Albina Cotton Club, once the heartbeat of Portland’s Black music scene, is one of the featured locations in a new documentary centered on the Albina community. The Albina Music ...