Ben Frazier

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Late activist Ben Frazier in line for City Council honor

Dan Scanlan

Six City Council members have introduced a resolution honoring the civil rights leader a month after he died.

Community activist Ben Frazier speaks out against Confederate monuments in front of Jacksonville City Hall.

First Coast

Community activist Ben Frazier will be laid to rest Saturday

Dan Scanlan

Frazier's visitations and funeral are scheduled for The Bethel Church, the city's oldest Baptist church.

Candles surrounded images of the late Ben Frazier at a vigil Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at James Weldon Johnson Park.

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Community activist Ben Frazier: 'His legacy lives on'

Dan Scanlan

More than 150 people gathered Tuesday for a candlelight vigil to remember the founder of the Northside Coalition, who died Saturday of cancer.

Ben Frazier passed away Saturday, June 24, 2023.

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Jacksonville civil rights activist Ben Frazier dies at 73

Will Brown - Jacksonville Today

Ben Frazier passed away on Saturday night at UF Health Jacksonville one day after his 73rd birthday.

Police officers try to get activist Ben Frazier to stop protesting during a City Council meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.

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Charges dropped for activist Ben Frazier

Kendra Mazeke - News4Jax

Frazier spoke against Confederate monuments during a City Council meeting in December but refused to leave when his speaking time was up.

Community activist Ben Frazier (right) waits outside a Duval County courtroom on Monday for his arraignment for trespass at the Dec. 13 City Council meeting. His case was passed four weeks.

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Community activist Ben Frazier to speak out at City Council again

Dan Scanlan

Activist Ben Frazier will return to the place where he was arrested a month ago to continue his demand for action to get rid of Confederate monuments.

Police officers try to get Ben Frazier to stop protesting in front of Tuesday's City Council meeting before they ultimately arrested him for trespass with warning and resisting arrest.

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Activist Ben Frazier arrested while protesting Confederate monuments

Dan Scanlan

Frazier was among dozens of people who packed Jacksonville City Council chambers Tuesday night to argue both sides of the issue.

Northside Coalition's Ben Frazier demonstrating outside of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio's office over the lapse in the expanded Child Tax Credit

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Activist Ben Frazier is battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

News4Jax

Frazier released a statement on Facebook saying he’s feeling disbelief, shock, fear and anger after learning he has cancer.

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Activist Ben Frazier to speak at UN about 'human rights violations' in Florida

Melissa Ross

Frazier said he’s been asked to speak in Geneva because the Northside Coalition is a plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging Florida’s “anti-riot” bill. He said he'll also discuss voting restrictions, school instruction, congressional districts and more.

Ben Frazier, seated next to his lawyer John Phillips and flanked by supporters, announces a potential lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

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Activist Ben Frazier threatens lawsuit against DeSantis and Sheriff's Office

Raymon Troncoso

Frazier made national headlines after his arrest at a press conference held by Gov. Ron DeSantis in Jacksonville. Now he is threatening a federal lawsuit if the charge isn't dropped.