Gwendolyn Reese

Mercy Hospital and its pioneering physicians, part 2

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,…

Atwater’s Cafeteria was a mainstay in the African-American community, serving up…

Helen Allen Edwards By Gwendolyn Reese Leslie Burke, who had been the librarian at Gibbs…

By Gwendolyn Reese, Contributor MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Recently, I was in Montgomery,…

Seventy-one years ago on April 1, 1947, the James Weldon Johnson Branch Library was…

BY GWENDOLYN REESE Rosalie Peck was the last of 10 children born to her parents, James…

Lonnie Donaldson was a revered name among community and political activists. He was a…

BY GWENDOLYN REESE Perkins T. Shelton moved to St. Petersburg from Chicago in 1970 at…

By Gwendolyn Reese The Tampa Bay Times, as does many other newspapers, offers limited…

In 1910, Davis Academy, later to become Davis Elementary, opened as the first formal…