Beaches Museum kicks off Black History Month
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Earnest Davis, owner of Voo-Swar, will speak Saturday during a free Beaches Museum program. (photo by Brittany Cohill)
Earnest Davis is considered an elder statesman in his Atlantic Beach neighborhood. The area was surrounded by woods when he first moved to the city from Jacksonville Beach. His house was the only one west of Mayport Road.
Davis, known in the neighborhood as “Mr. E,” built the Voo-Swar Restaurant & Lounge next door, which has served as a keystone of the area’s African American community for…
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