THIS IS RIVER CITY LIVE.
WELCOME BACK TO RIVER CITY
LIVE. HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S
ALREADY FEBRUARY WHICH IS BLACK
HISTORY MONTH. I HAVE A SAYING
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU
DON'T KNOW. THERE CAN BE SO
MUCH OUT THERE THAT YOU THINK
YOU LEARNED ALL ABOUT AND YOU
COME TO FIGURE OUT YOU DON'T
EVEN HAVE -- REACHED THE TIP OF
THE ICEBERG. WE HAVE A
WONDERFUL SPECIAL AIRING TONIGHT
AND THE CREATORS AND
CONTRIBUTORS HERE WITH US AND WE
HAVE THE -- SCOOT DOWN THE LINE.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL AND I'M
THE DIRECTOR OF UNTOLD JOURNEY.
I'M THE XETIVE PRODUCER.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.
MY NAME IS THOMAS JACKSON
AND I'M ONE OF THE FOUNDING
MEMBERS.
WE'RE GLAD YOU ALL COULD BE
HERE. WHEN I ASKED YOU TWO
ABOUT WHAT WAS THE STAND YOULT
FEATURE OF -- STANDOUT FEATURE,
YOU MENTIONED (INAUDIBLE). CAN
YOU GIVE US A BACKGROUND?
ON FORT MOSAY?
ABOUT THE DOCUMENTARY.
WELL, BASICALLY PUBLISHED
450 YEAR ART THAT REALLY IS A
HISTORY THAT NO ONE ELSE HAS
TOLD. THAT'S REALLY FAIRLY
NEWLY -- UNCOVERED. AND THIS
WAS DONE BY HISTORIANS LIKE
MICHAEL FRANCIS AND KATHY VEGAN.
WRITTEN IN A VERY OLD SPANISH
DIALECT WRITTEN IN 1955. TALK
ABOUT A MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY
THAT CREATED ST. AUGUSTINE AS A
CALLNY. THE -- COLONY. AND HE
REALIZED THE IMPORTANT ROLE THAT
AFRICANS PLAYED. THERE WAS
SLAVERY BUT THE SLAVE SYSTEM WAS
A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY UNDER
THE SPANISH. SO THE MORE HE WAS
READING THIS WAS A MULTI-ETHNIC
SOCIETY HAND IN HAND TO HELP
BUILD THE CALLNY OF ST.
AUGUSTINE -- COLONY OF ST.
AUGUSTINE.
AND ALSO EYE OPENING MOMENTS
FOR YOU IN THE MAKING OF THE
DOCUMENTARY. AND ARE THOSE
THINGS THAT WE'LL EXPERIENCE AS
WELL?
ABSOLUTELY. I THINK
THAT -- AS RESIDENTS OF ST.
AUGUSTINE FOR, YOU KNOW,
DECADES. WHEN WE STARTED THIS
PROJECT, WE WERE HEARING THINGS
GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
ABOUT AFRICANS ROLE IN THE
FOUNDATION OF ST. AUGUSTINE.
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING,
AFRICANS WHICH MADE US KIND OF
DO THE OKAY WAIT A SECOND. WHY
DIDN'T I HAPPEN THIS? ALL THE
WAY -- WHY DIDN'T I KNOW THIS?
ALL THE WAY TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT THAT ENDED UP IN THE
SIGNING OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
IN 1964 THAT CHANGED THE ENTIRE
HISTORY OF OUR NATION. NOT JUST
ST. AUGUSTINE. SO HERE'S THINGS
WE DIDN'T KNOW AND TO START ON A
PROJECT THAT WE THOUGHT WE KNEW
EVERYTHING ABOUT ST. AUGUSTINE
AND KIND OF SAID, YEAH WE
DIDN'T. AND I THINK THAT'S
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE
PEOPLE WHO SEE THIS.
FORT MOSEE. A VERY INTRICAL
PART. WHAT'S THE MEANING OF
THAT?
I FTS BORN AND -- I WAS BORN
AND RAISED IN ST. AUGUSTINE. IT
WAS -- I WENT TO COLLEGE IN
TALLAHASSEE AND FOUND OUT THE
STORY. AND THE HUSTRY CLASS
WHERE THE -- ASKED ME TO WHERE I
WAS FROM. AND SAID I WAS BORN
IN ST. AUGUSTINE. AND HE SAID,
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF FORT
MOSEE? HE SAID NEXT TIME YOU
COME TO CLASS, TELL ME SOMETHING
ABOUT FORT MOSEY. THE THING
IS -- THE DIFFERENCE PARTS OF
THIS PARTICULAR DOCUMENTARY HITS
HOME WITH ME. THAT FORT MOSEY
SEES ST. JOSEPH AND ALSO THE
CIVIL RIGHTS TEAM AND KIND OF
LIVE THROUGH ALL OF THOSE. THE
PERIODS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
PERIOD. AND THEN OF COURSE I
REENACT THE FORT MOZAK
PARK -- MOZAICS PART.
AND I THINK TOO THAT ANYBODY
WATCHES WHO HEARS FORT MOSAI AND
SAYS I DON'T BELIEVE I'M FILLED
IN, THEY MIGHT FEEL LIKE THIS IS
NOT ONLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN BUT TEACH THEIR KIDS THERE
IS MORE TO LEARN BY WATCHING
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. SO YOU
CAN CATCH THE UNTOLD JOURNEY AT
8:00 RIGHT HERE ON CHANNEL 4 AND
OF COURSE YOU MIGHT BE THINKING
I'D LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
FORT MOSEE AND YOU CAN VISIT IT
AT FORTMOSEE.ORG. I KNOW THE
RECEPTION HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE
AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE