The Alachua County Community Remembrance Project (ACCRP), in partnership with UF’s Museum Studies Program, announced the Alachua County Digital Black Heritage Trail Map and website on Monday.

The trail map includes 140 community-identified places of significance, according to an Alachua County press release. The map can be viewed independently or by visiting the Alachua County Truth & Reconciliation website. 

The redesigned website features new content, including ACCRP media and archival resources, trauma-informed resources and curricula for educators, along with custom video animation that honors victims of racial lynching in Alachua County.

Nearly 1,600 printed maps are available for free county-wide distribution. The maps can be picked up at the front desk of the County Commission Office on the second floor of the Alachua County Administration Building (12 S.E. 1st St., Gainesville). A QR code on the map will direct users to the updated website. 

According to the press release, “The Alachua County Digital Black Heritage Trail Map and website highlight the Black community’s cultural significance to counter the systematic century-long effort to erase black culture beginning during the Jim Crow era. Demonstrating the importance of Black place-making and institution-building, the map reflects the intergenerational memories of Black culture. With over 140 historical places of significance already identified during phase one of the project, the trail celebrates the resilience of the County’s Black communities. The University of Florida’s Graduate Program in Museum Studies is designing and installing a permanent exhibition in the Alachua County Administration Building in honor of local victims of racial terror and lynching later this spring.”

The ACCRP, a grassroots community organization, is dedicated to educating the community about the history of racial violence during the Jim Crow era and its legacies in the racial disparities still present in Alachua County.