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I AM: The story of the Gas Plant Neighborhood

The area known as the Gas Plant neighborhood was the second African-American neighborhood…

By Gwendolyn Reese Eugene H. McLin was city recreational director, football coach,…

Mary E. Brown By Gwendolyn Reese The word midwife comes from the Old English words mid,…

Joseph E. Savage spearheaded the 1968 garbage strike in St. Pete. By Gwendolyn Reese…

On Dec. 29, 1966, Joseph Waller – now known as Omali Yeshitela — stripped the…

John Donaldson aboard an ox cart in 1885. By Gwendolyn Reese I haven’t forgotten part 2…

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

William H. “Buddy” West was a barber, a tailor and a promoter at the…

Rosalie Peck and Major Kelly seen here dancing at a Club 16 event held at the Manhattan…

Joseph Lovett, Jr., son of Gibbs chief custodian Lovett Sr., with his family in the 1970s…

Olive B. McLin was an educator for more than 40 years, community activist, cultural…

I AM Freddie Dyles, educator and basketball coach. In 1964, I joined Gibbs High School…

The Orange Belt Railway came to St. Petersburg in 1888. Black workers built the beds and…

These licensed practical nurses graduated from the vocational program at the all-black…

John Donaldson aboard an ox cart in 1885. I haven’t forgotten part 2 of the…

By Gwendolyn Reese I would like to thank you for your patience during a very challenging…

Mary E. Brown By Gwendolyn Reese The word midwife comes from the Old English words mid,…

The Donaldsons operated a concession stand on South Mole, a former all-black beach now…

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,…