>> FROM LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. >> TONIGHT ON NEWS, JAX AT 6
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY
LEADERS CAME TOGETHER TO PAY
THEIR FINAL RESPECTS TO A
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE.
>> WE WILL NOT BE THE SAME
WITHOUT YOU. MY BROTHER. BUT
UNTIL WE MEET AND WE WILL,
WILL KEEP DOING THE WORK.
>> FRAZIER DIED 2 WEEKS AGO
AFTER A NINE-MONTH BATTLE WITH
CANCER. HE WAS 73 YEARS-OLD.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO KNEW
THE JACKSONVILLE NATIVE FIELD
INTO THE CHURCH TO CELEBRATE.
>> IS LIFE AND HIS WORK NEWS
FOR JAX REPORTER AARON FARRAR
WAS AT HIS FUNERAL TODAY AND
SHOWS US HOW HE’S BEING
REMEMBERED.
>> THE BOYS. FOR THAT IS HOW
BEN FRAZIER IS BEING
REMEMBERED.
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REMEMBERED. ♪ >> HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO DO
THIS, IT RIGHT, THAT GET
FILLED IN TO THE BETHEL
CHURCH, CELEBRATE HIS LIFE AND
HIS WORK. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AT
DOG IN JOE ROSS, WHO
CO-FOUNDED THE NORTH SIDE
COLLISION WITH FRAZIER NEW
THEIR FRIEND HAD WISDOM,
COURAGE AND PASSION BEEN BEEN
IN LIKE ME TO THE FACT THAT A
SMALL.
>> GROUP OF PEOPLE. THE TERM.
TO STAND UP. SPEAK OUT, CAN
MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
>> YOU KNOW, GOT BEAT HIM UP.
MELODIOUS RESONATING AND I
SAID, USE YOUR VOICE AND HE
USE HIS VOICE.
>> BEN FRAZIER WAS A CIVIL
RIGHTS ADVOCATE WHO
ESTABLISHED THE NORTHSIDE
COALITION 2016. HE ALSO MADE
HISTORY WHEN HE BECAME THE
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICANS
ANCHOR, A MAJOR NEW SHOW IN
JACKSONVILLE. THAT WAS BACK IN
1979 NEWS RIGHT HERE ON
CHANNEL 4. FRAZIER WON SEVERAL
JOURNALISM AWARDS, INCLUDING
EMMYS AS WELL AS AWARDS FOR
HIS WORK TO FIGHT FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS AND RACIAL EQUALITY.
LAST YEAR, FRAZIER WENT TO
SWITZERLAND TO SPEAK TO THE
UNITED NATIONS COMMITTEE TO
ELIMINATE RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION. FRAZIER
CRITICIZE GOVERNOR RON
DESANTIS AND FLORIDA LAWMAKERS
FOR AN ANTI RIOT BILL CREATED
FOLLOWING GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH
SAYING THE NEW LAW RESTRICTING
FREE
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FREE ♪ >> THOSE THIS INCLUDING JETS
TO MAYOR DONNA DEEGAN
ACKNOWLEDGE FRAZIER WAS
WILLING TO GET INTO GOOD EVEN
IF THAT MEANT GETTING ARRESTED
FOR WHAT HE BELIEVED. BEN ALSO
KNEW, THOUGH, THE TRUTH ABOUT
LOVE.
>> IT’S NOT SOME SANITIZED
FAIRY TALE. IT REQUIRES
ACTION. HE MOVED WITH THE
FREEDOM OF A MAN WHO HAD TAKEN
A FIERCE MORAL INVENTORY. AND
HONESTY ABOUT HIMSELF THAT
ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN TO
THE LOWEST PLACES, FIND THE
COURAGE TO ACCESS. BUT HAD
THAT COURAGE. ANY CHALLENGE US
ALL TO FIND THAT AS WELL.
>> HARD BUT THAT
DETERMINATION, PART OF IT. HE
WASN’T GOING TO GIVE UP. NOT
GETTING
>> GOD FRIENDED HIM. THE
SERENITY. EXCEPT THINGS HE
COULDN’T CHANGE. GAVE HIM
COVERAGE COVERAGE TO CHANGE
THE THINGS THAT HE COULD GET.
THOSE STATUTES DOUBT. YOU
CAN’T DISRESPECT US ANYMORE.
>> FRAZIER, UNAPOLOGETIC,
FEARLESS, INDIRECT. BUT THOSE
IN THIS SANCTUARY PAYING
TRIBUTE TO FRAZIER SAYING THEY
WILL KEEP AT LEAST ONE
PROMISE.
>> WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO
THAT. WORKED. AND CONTINUE TO
GET AND 2 GOOD TROUBLE.
>> AS THEY SAY, THE WORK
FRAZIER STARTED WILL GO ON.
FRASER LEAVES BEHIND A SON, A
DAUGHTER 4 GRANDCHILDREN.
REPORTING OUTSIDE OF THE