African-American Music Appreciation month
BY FRANK DROUZAS Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — June is African-American Music…
Mary Landis Jones Turner: A life to celebrate
BY EMMA C. CAVIN Contributor ST. PETERSBURG – Earlier this month, Mary Landis Jones…
‘Through The Tunnel’
BY ALLEN BUCHANAN, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — The MYcroSchool of Pinellas punctuated…
Pinellas is moving forward
BY COMMISSIONER KENNETH T. WELCH I’d like to update Weekly Challenger readers on…
Ira Mckinley: Ex-felon turned filmmaker
BY FRANK DROUZAS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — As part of its 2015 Heritage Lecture…
Parental engagement: Don’t blame the victims?
BY GOLIATH J. DAVIS, Ph. D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG — Let’s start with an obvious…
Hidden History: Civil Rights Advances, Part 2
BY JON WILSON, Columnist Civil rights in St. Petersburg made considerable progress during…
Celebration of life: Paul Barco
BY JON WILSON, Columnist ST. PETESBURG – The community gathered to say goodbye to long…
Paul Barco goes home
BY JON WILSON, Columnist The community has lost a treasure trove of history and wisdom…
First Ladies in African American History
The Inaugural First Ladies in African American History awards ceremony was held Sun.,…
Old School Dance
The African American Graduates of 1975 (AAG‘75) held their 12th Annual Old School Dance…
A Life of Community Service
Volunteering and being of service to others has been the life-long passion and…
New Civil Rights Exhibit at Florida Holocaust Museum
The Florida Holocaust Museum announced its initiative to collect objects, photographs and…
St. Pete’s Hidden History: St. Petersburg 50 years ago
Black people were not allowed in downtown St. Petersburg except to go to work. Dr. Ralph…
David Welch goes home
David Tyrone Welch, scion of a pioneer St. Petersburg family, former city council member,…