The destruction of Rosewood
This past January marked the 100th anniversary of the Rosewood tragedy, a racially…
Black Culture
Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Dominique Cobb
Dominique Cobb had two relatives buried in the Zion Cemetery, the first…
Funding now available for local arts organizations through city’s Arts and Culture Grant Program
The City of St. Petersburg’s Arts and Culture Grant Program closes Friday, June 9…
Pillars of the community honored with Congressional Record
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor hosted her annual Black History Month program on Feb. 24 to honor…
Celebrating the Black mind
Delores Givens unveiled her Celebration of the Black Mind Mural last Saturday at Lake…
African American moments in rock and roll history, Part 4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s 1944 release “Down by the Riverside” was selected…
Heritage Association initiates yearlong membership drive with event
Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association, along with Vice…
Documentary exploring the Bay’s rich Black history debuted at the Woodson Museum
From left to right, Emerald Morrow, Frank Wiley and Miranda Parnell presented Channel…
Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Corey Givens, Jr.
Corey Givens, Jr., a fourth-generation native of St. Pete, is a descendant of family…
Déjà vu: Here we go again
‘Many in the African-American community are not surprised by the regressive policies…
In 2023, let us revisit the need for ‘Freedom Schools’
In 1964, during the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee’s (SNCC) “Freedom…
Black history under attack
In response to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s attacks on African-American history, the Woodson…
Building a better path forward by acknowledging the past
The land that Hines/Tampa Bay Rays was chosen to develop has a storied past of mass…
Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Gwendolyn Reese
Growing up as a child, Gwendolyn Reese lived in the Gas Plant neighborhood at 1305 Fifth…
Daughter follows mother’s path of entrepreneurship at the 2023 Collard Green Festival
At age 10, Amerie Akuffo debuted her business, Naturallie Amerie, at the 2019 Tampa Bay…
Remembering Rosewood 100 years after massacre
Rosewood families were a diverse crowd of prominent landowners, farmers, and businessmen…
Soul Revival ArtFest fundraiser for St. Pete Sickle Cell Foundation Jan. 14
HappySoul owner and St. Pete artist Myiah Moody chose to celebrate her brand’s…
‘Imagine Blackness’ begins Jan. 19 at Creative Pinellas
‘Imagine Blackness: Alternate Realities and Collective Dreaming’ is a collaborative…