A man known to many as a trailblazer and an outspoken community activist was laid to rest. Family, friends and community leaders came together Saturday morning to pay their final respects to a civil rights leader in Jacksonville.
Family, friends and community leaders came together Saturday morning to pay their final respects to a civil rights leader in Jacksonville.. His passing came one day after turning 73 years old.
Frazier’s childhood friends, Ed Dawkins and Joe Ross, who helped him establish the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville knew their friend had wisdom, courage and passion. Last year, Frazier went to Switzerland to speak to the United Nations Committee to Eliminate Racial Discrimination. Those in attendance for Frazier’s funeral, including Jacksonville mayor Donna Deegan, acknowledged Frazier was willing to get into “good trouble,” even if that meant getting arrested for what he believed in.Ben Frazier, Jr., founder of the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, speaks after receving the Trailblazer Award at the 2022 Jacksonville Image Awards.
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