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Black people were only allowed in downtown St. Petersburg except to go to work. Dr. Ralph Wimbush integrated the downtown Mass Brothers…
She’s got the look
By Keisha Bell The year was 1962, and the country had seen the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the Civil Rights Act of 1960. It would soon see…
Phyllis Wheatley Rise to Read Campaign
BY CAPRICE EDMOND ST. PETERSBURG – The Phyllis Wheatley Rise to Read Campaign (PWRTRC) is named after Phillis Wheatley, also spelled…
Commemorating 150 years of black history in Pinellas County
John Donaldson aboard an ox cart in 1885. I haven’t forgotten part 2 of the story of Mercy Hospital, but Senator Rouson recently…
The Truth, the Whole Truth
BY DORAL PULLEY, Unity Temple of Truth Church “The Holy Spirit will bring all things to your remembrance whatever I have said unto…
Battle scars: When the church wounds its own, part 7
Praise the Lord saints. Well, the tournament is over, and again I want to thank St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway and his…
