Gone to glory: A tribute to a community icon
‘Mrs. Johnson was extremely intelligent, well read and conversant on a wide range of…
Black Culture
Remembering Paradise Park: Central Florida’s tourist attraction ‘for colored people’
From 1949 to 1969, Paradise Park became one of the country’s most popular places…
Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Mayor Ken Welch
Mayor Ken Welch knew the Gas Plant area well, but growing up, he was unaware three…
Principal Barry Brown uses his life’s story to teach others
Gibbs High School principal Barry Brown spoke at Greater Mt. Zion AME Church earlier this…
Courageous 12: A legacy of equity
More than 220 attendees gathered at the Center for Health Equity for a historic…
Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Ennis Davis
‘I think as time has gone on, there are more people who recognize the wrongs that have…
‘Repair of The Black Family’
Transformational Life Coach Nayyirah Muhammad is one of 34 authors of the international…
The destruction of Rosewood
This past January marked the 100th anniversary of the Rosewood tragedy, a racially…
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…