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I AM Parker Watson

The Parker Watson lynching brought outcries from a number of people including St.…

John Evans was brutally lynched and shot on Nov. 12, 1914, by a mob of 1,500 white men,…

Atwater’s Cafeteria was a mainstay in the African-American community, and Eric Atwater…

Helen Allen Edwards was a librarian for 32 years at the James Weldon Branch Library. By…

Kevin W. Johnson, vice president of the Friends of Johnson Branch Library, leads a group…

Author and poet Rosalie Peck co-wrote ‘St. Petersburg’s Historic 22nd Street…

Political activist Lonnie Donaldson By Gwendolyn Reese Lonnie Donaldson was a revered…

Perkins T. Shelton was a political and civil rights activist and a staunch defender of…

Pictured, Gibbs Senior High School By Gwendolyn Reese The Tampa Bay Times, as does many…

Before Gibbs High School opened in 1927, Pinellas County had no school for Black students…

Iveta Jones Martin-Berry was a pharmacist and community activist. By Gwendolyn Reese…

Fred G. Minnis Sr. is often called the grandfather of African-American lawyers in…

Rosa Jackson served Thanksgiving dinners for 23 years to anyone who was hungry until…

By Gwendolyn Reese During the process of researching the community ancestors you’ve…

John Black opened Geech’s in the 1930s and sold it in 1973. By Gwendolyn Reese…

John L.Copeland was a pastor at Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church for about 23 years and…

Mr. John Hopkins Sr. seen here receiving one of his many awards. By Gwendolyn Reese…

During Emanuel M. W. Stewart’s tenure at Gibbs High School, the school received its…