Jeanette B. Wheeler Periodically, we highlight one of our most productive members, this month’s selection is Mrs. Jeanette Wheeler. Jeanette is currently the Chairwoman of the Youth Black History Committee. This Committee has raised and distributed over $82,000 in scholarship since its inception. She is also a member of the Public Affairs Committee, the Membership Committee, [...]
Jeanette B. Wheeler Once again, the Youth Black History Committee and the AACS youth delivers. The 2021 Youth Black History Reality Program was a huge success. The Youth Black History Program participants present an annual program to the community reflecting what they have learned about Black History. Scholarships [...]
Anita Jackson, second from the right, of the Daytona Beach, Florida Chapter of The Links Incorporated presents Covid-19 protection face shields to the African American Cultural Society (AACS) on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, at the AACS center. The face shields will be used by AACS staff and volunteers during voter education and registration drives. AACS members in [...]
Jean Tanner The AACS member extraordinaire, Jean Tanner, bought to my attention the village of Oyotunji: "Oyotunji African village was founded in 1970 in Sheldon, South Carolina by Walter Eugene King. It is a religious and cultural community for African American practitioners of the West Yoruba faith. At its height, the village was home to [...]
By: Kimberly Norman - Palm Coast Connect Palm Coast - He was a regular at many Palm Coast City Council meetings and workshops. Sitting in the front, and always adhering to Robert's Rules of Order, Louis McCarthy was a mainstay in city government. "He wanted to be informed," said Jeroline McCarthy, his wife of 53 years. "He didn't [...]
The Espanola Schoolhouse located at 98 Knox Jones Avenue, Bunnell was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 2020. It is Flagler County’s first landmark directly associated with black history to receive national recognition for its historical significance in the areas of Education and Black Ethnic Heritage. WEEKLY LIST OF (National Park Service) [...]
ROBERT ALLEYNE JULY 24, 1919 – JUNE 29, 2020 On July 24, 1919 in Brooklyn New York, a World War II Veteran was born. In the 1900s his parents immigrated from Barbados to New York where he then received a great education and graduated from Steubenmueller Textile High School. He then attended Livingston College in Salisbury, North [...]
BETTY JOE CHAPMAN'S AFTERLIFE UPDATE (Purple was Betty's Favorite Color Because She Regarded It as a Royal Color for Queens) The purpose of my message is to update you on Betty's afterlife since she peacefully went home on March 17, 2020. Betty's afterlife desire was to be cremated and then have her ashes distributed over the ocean. Betty's [...]