I AM Rosalie Peck
Author and poet Rosalie Peck co-wrote ‘St. Petersburg’s Historic 22nd Street…
New Deuces Live executive director aims to revitalize 22nd Street corridor
In her new role as the executive director of the Deuces Live, St. Pete native Latorra…
Legends Ball honors community icons
The Woodson African American Museum of Florida’s Legends Ball was held at the historic…
USF St. Petersburg alumnus devotes career to chronicling history of local Black communities
Celebrating USF alum Jon Wilson’s storied career as a journalist and author. ST.…
Reese and Wilson receive keys to the city
Gwendolyn Reese and Jon Wilson were presented keys to the city of St. Petersburg for…
Community Journalism: Your paper needs you
Dr. Goliath Davis and Nicole Slaughter Graham presented the first of four virtual…
AAHA partners with Tombolo Books for monthly ‘Community Conversations’
Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association St. Petersburg BY…
I AM: The Manhattan Casino, part I
Rosalie Peck and Major Kelly seen here dancing at a Club 16 event held at the Manhattan…
I AM: Joseph L. Lovett Sr.
Joseph Lovett, Jr., son of Gibbs chief custodian Lovett Sr., with his family in the 1970s…
I AM: Our communities
The Orange Belt Railway came to St. Petersburg in 1888. Black workers built the beds and…
Residents still unsatisfied with the Tropicana redevelopment plan
The Gas Plant neighborhood, circa 1970, where the redevelopment caused 285 buildings to…
I AM: John Evans
John Evans was brutally lynched and shot on Nov. 12, 1914, by a mob of 1,500 white men,…
Life on Deuces back when
L-R, Maureen McDole, SunLit Festival, Tiffiany Anderson, Kitchen Table Literary Arts and…
I AM: Black education in early St. Pete
Before Gibbs High School opened in 1927, Pinellas County had no school for Black students…
I AM: Sidney Harden Sr.
Sidney Harden Sr.’s grocery store was a mainstay in the Black Community for…
Decades later, its taxicabs serve the neighborhood – and beyond
BY CAITLIN ASHWORTH, Neighborhood News Bureau ST. PETERSBURG – In its heyday during…
Enoch Davis Center: 33 years of service
BY JOYCE NANETTE JOHNSON, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — The Enoch Davis Recreation…
The life and legacy of Elder Jordan
BY HOLLY KESTENIS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Residents old and new of long standing…