OCALA, Fla. – The Black History Museum of Marion County is small, but it holds a large part of history. Marion County School Board member Rev.
Eric Cummings said he holds the Black History Museum of Marion County close to his heart because it sits inside Howard Academy. “I oftentimes think of the struggle dealing with the racism, segregation, Jim Crow lives.
The desire to want to have education coming out of slavery,” Cummings said. It was the first school for African Americans in Ocala that opened in 1866.
Cummings’ father attended Howard Academy. [TRENDING: Missing toddlers pulled from Fla. pond | 30s alert!