Hidden History: Civil Rights Advances, Part 2
BY JON WILSON, Columnist Civil rights in St. Petersburg made considerable progress during…
Hidden History
How many ‘white’ people are passing?
100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: A report reveals the proportion of Americans with…
Great African American entrepreneurs
Despite tremendous obstacles, these men and women fought for their own financial…
Hidden History: Civil rights advances, Part 1
This year brings the 50th anniversary of the federal Civil Rights Act, a landmark law…
6 Lesser-known facts about Brown v. Board of Education
If the landmark Supreme Court case were repurposed as a modern-day legal drama, here are…
Are slave narratives useful to my family tree research?
Tracing Your Roots: A primer for using the Federal Writers Project collection, among…
Who was black America’s 1st investigative journalist?
BY HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. George Washington Williams didn’t travel to the Congo in 1890…
High cheekbones and straight black hair?
BY HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. Zora Neale Hurston once wrote with characteristic irony that…
Who was the real Dido Elizabeth Belle?
Amazing Fact About the Negro No. 78: What role did Lord Mansfield’s mixed-race…
Campbell Park throughout the years
BY JON WILSON, Columnist Campbell Park has been an important community recreation asset…
18 black history events you should know
BY JENÉE DESMOND-HARRIS Despite the standard Black History Month lessons you may have…
Paul Barco goes home
BY JON WILSON, Columnist The community has lost a treasure trove of history and wisdom…
Jordan Park Over the Years
BY JON WILSON, Columnist Many old-timers in the community, and some not so old, recall…
The Original Mr. I Got ‘Em
A regular vendor at downtown’s Saturday Morning Market, Brady Johnson is the familiar…
5 Things you may not know about James Baldwin
James Baldwin—novelist, essayist and simply one of the greatest writers of all…
Baseball & the Segregated South
A Mecca for baseball’s spring training since 1914, St. Petersburg in 1961 became a…
Hidden History: Ambassadors Club
In its day, the Ambassadors Club was among St. Petersburg’s most influential groups in…
Hidden History: Remembering Dr. Leggett
Dr. Gilbert Henry Leggett is remembered fondly as an African-American dental pioneer in…