Desegregating pioneers of Pinellas County Schools
Gwendolyn Reese, president African American Heritage Association St. Petersburg BY FRANK…
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Friends of Ridgecrest Senior Holiday Gala honors area seniors
FOR President Wanda McCawthan and board member Vernon Bryant BY J.A. JONES, Staff Writer…
Research project to recover, engage public on lost history of Black burial grounds in Tampa Bay
Members from the African American Burial Grounds & Remembering Project met to tour…
St. Pete activist Richie Floyd enters 2021 city council race
Activist Richie Floyd BY DEIRDRE O’LEARY, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — Activist…
Self-care, motivation and networking at the St. Pete Fall Black Business Expo
Photography by All Photos Considered LLC. BY J.A. JONES, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG –…
‘Power Panel’ of professional women offer advice on business success at Girls Inc. of Pinellas
BY J.A. JONES, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Formed in 1974, Girls Inc. of Pinellas…
COVID-19 vaccination clinic begins at Bayfront Health St. Petersburg
ST. PETERSBURG – Team members identified as being at-risk of COVID-19 exposure started…
St. Pete celebrates Dr. King virtually
The 2020 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade ST. PETERSBURG — Due to the…
Families encouraged by NCNW Thanksgiving giveaway
ST. PETERSBURG — Throughout the year, the ladies at the St. Petersburg Metropolitan…
Will St. Pete’s next mayor be Black?
Former Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch will kick off his campaign for mayor next…
Faces of COVID: Studio@620’s Bob Devin Jones on hospitalization
Studio@620’s Bob Devin Jones shares his struggles with COVID-19 and his expanding…
FHSP’s Pinellas Race Leadership Council is underway
L-R, Randy Russell FHSP’s president, Carl Lavender, Jr., chief equity officer of FHSP…
Wengay Newton pledges continued community work
Editor’s note: As of Friday, Dec. 17, Wengay Newton officially threw his hat in…
The Hepburn way
On Dec. 3, educator Reuben Hepburn transitioned peacefully from this life to his heavenly…
Eugene Holliday plans to bring diversity to tennis and opportunity to your children
Eugene Holliday was recently named Courier’s Kids director at the St. Petersburg…
Emerging Scholar Timothy Garner has his eyes set on ophthalmology
Timothy Garner has been an active member of USF’s NAACP chapter, the InterVarsity…
It’s never too early to think about law school
Okoye Morgan, Jr. debuted a children’s book last month entitled “The Boy Who…
Local groups work with St. Pete to declare racism a public health crisis
Gwendolyn Reese, representative of the Black Health Equity Alliance, Inc. BY NICOLE…