PENSACOLA, Fla. — A quiet morning settles over Pensacola’s Belmont-DeVilliers neighborhood.
A century ago, these streets formed the heart of the city’s Black community — home to businesses, churches, music halls, and a hospital whose story nearly disappeared with time.
The building is gone. So are the people who once passed through its doors. But the memory of Pensacola’s first known Black-owned hospital still survives…