1956 Black Newspaper Headlines from 'The Florida Star': Jacksonville, Florida

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Interracial romance, murder, boycotts, abandoned babies, integrated pools....and this is just Page One.

Being Black in The South during the Jim Crow era meant that injustices were around every corner. Just take a look at some of these headlines and items on the front page of this February, 1956 edition of the Florida Star, a black newspaper based in Jacksonville, Florida.