I AM: A person with a building named after me
I AM Freddie Dyles, educator and basketball coach. In 1964, I joined Gibbs High School…
Gibbs 2019 Hall of Fame induction ceremony
The Gibbs Gladiator Alumni Association inducted 13 new extraordinary athletes into the…
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…
She’s a person, not property
BY KEISHA BELL | Visionary Brief Relationships can get complicated. Past disappointments…
I AM: The Donaldsons
The Donaldsons operated a concession stand on South Mole, a former all-black beach now…
The midwife
Jayda Taylor-Herring BY INDHIRA SUERO ACOSTA, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG –…
Fannye Ayer Ponder: Her story lives on
L-R, Angela Rousson, Joanne Rainey and Thelma Bruce BY RAVEN JOY SHONEL, Staff…
Mamie Chapman: 100 years and counting!
Mamie Chapman celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at her old stomping…
I AM: Perkins T. Shelton
Perkins T. Shelton was a political and civil rights activist and a staunch defender of…
I AM: Marie Yopp
Marie Yopp became the first Black registered nurse at the Pinellas County Health…
Honoring the legacy of Cleveland Johnson, Jr.
BY RAVEN JOY SHONEL, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Fifty years of local…
For the record
Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D, Contributor As many of you know, I worked as former Mayor…
My Brother and Sister’s Keeper
BY Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D, Contributor ST. PETERSBURG — Data from the most…
Johnny James Simmons goes home
Johnny James Simmons was born on January 15th at Mercy Hospital in St. Petersburg to…
Johnnie B. Mack goes home
Johnnie B. Mack at her 90th birthday party in 2015 ST. PETERSBURG – Community…
Bassett in town to energize voters
Angela Bassett with her childhood youth director, Watson Haynes and Rev. Alvin Miller at…
Alice McCoy goes home
BY EMMA CAVIN, Contributor Alice Charlotte McCoy, née Mohr, the first black, female…
Johnnie B. Mack: Celebrating 90 Years
BY CINDY CARTER, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Johnnie B. Mack has been a staple in the…