Legacy Awards honors leaders in its seventh year
The Woodson African American Museum of Florida played host to the 2022 Legacy Awards…
99.1 Jams rocks on another year
BY ALLEN A. BUCHANAN & DEXTER MCCREE, Staff Writers ST. PETERSBURG – The Tampa Bay…
The Black History Pageant returns
ST. PETERSBURG — In 31 years as a reporter, columnist and editorial writer at…
2018 Legacy Week: Beautiful and Strong
L-R back row: Gwendolyn Reese, Karen Davis-Pritchett, Lounell Britt, Dr. Tonjua Williams…
Education since the Civil War
In 1826, John Brown Russwurm graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine, becoming the first…
Salute to black heroes past and present
BY ALLEN A. BUCHANAN, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — The Thomas “Jet” Jackson…
Black history is oral history
ST. PETERSBURG — Genealogy is basically and foremost the study of dead genes in one’s…
Carter G. Woodson Museum
Dear Editor, Within the last two weeks I have been impressed by the outpouring of support…
‘Courageous 12’ Freddie Crawford Funeral set for June 1
Freddie Crawford and 11 black police officers sued the City of St. Petersburg for…
Honoring the legacy of Cleveland Johnson, Jr.
BY RAVEN JOY SHONEL, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Fifty years of local…
Raising concerns about racial disparities in the schools
ST. PETERSBURG – Tropicana Field was filled with nearly 3,000 citizens raising concerns…