Gwendolyn Reese

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…

BY GWEN REESE Emanuel M. W. Stewart was an educator, role model and leader. Educated in…

L-R, Imam Askia Muhammad Aquil, Gwendolyn Reese, Tim Dutton, Winnie Foster and Ken Welch…

Local historian and columnist Gwendolyn Reese is the president of St. Pete’s African…

William H. “Buddy” West was a barber, a tailor and a promoter at the…

Rosalie Peck and Major Kelly dancing at a Club 16 event held at the Manhattan Casino.…

Joseph Lovett, Jr., son of Gibbs chief custodian Lovett Sr., with his family in the 1970s…

I AM Freddie Dyles, educator and basketball coach. In 1964, I joined Gibbs High School…

Gwendolyn Reese The first African-American community in St. Pete was settled in 1888-1889…

These licensed practical nurses graduated from the vocational program at the all-black…

Gwendolyn Reese, middle, was the President’s Award for Community Leadership 2018…

By Gwendolyn Reese I would like to thank you for your patience during a very challenging…

Mary E. Brown By Gwendolyn Reese The word midwife comes from the Old English words…

BY GWEN REESE Joseph E. Savage, a sanitation worker, spearheaded a movement leading…

The Donaldsons operated a concession stand on South Mole, a former all-black beach now…

Parker Watson was lynched at the hands of a group of armed men wearing masks after being…

By Gwendolyn Reese John Evans was lynched at Ninth Street (now Dr. Martin Luther King…

by Gwendolyn Reese Eugene H. McLin was city recreational director, football coach,…