The end of Reconstruction and its continuing effects
The debate over Reconstruction and the Freedmen’s Bureau was nationwide. This 1866…
Civil Rights Movement
How a 1946 Case of Police Brutality Against a Black WWII Veteran Shaped the Fight for Civil Rights
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Askia Muhammad Aquil receives key to the city
Mayor Rick Kriseman presented Askia Muhammad Aquil with the key to the city on March 18…
Recapturing the social identity of the Black church
Outside of a Black church in Little Rock, Ark., 1935 BY REV. PIERRE LOOMIS WILLIAMS,…
The Civil Rights Legend Who Opposed Critical Race Theory
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Benches, Beaches & Boycotts—the Civil Rights Movement in Tampa Bay
Black people were only allowed in downtown St. Petersburg except to go to work. Dr. Ralph…
Years in Atlanta City Hall tested Lewis’ mettle
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Then and now: USF St. Petersburg professors weigh in on historic parallels of the BLM Movement
The 1963 March on Washington participants and leaders marching from the Washington…
Harry Lee, Willie Mae and Fannie Lou: ‘Lest we forget’
BY GOLIATH J. DAVIS, III, PH.D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG — I am asked why I am…
Opening reception of local Civil Rights Movement exhibition
Panelist Fred Hearns, Gwendolyn Reese and Victoria Oldham discussed the Civil Rights…
Civil rights legend visits St. Pete
Ernest Patton, Jr. and Rev. Jana Hall-Perkins, senior pastor of McCabe United Methodist…
“You needed the Negro Motorist Green Book more in the North and the West”
By Chauncey Devega | Salon “Green Book” won three awards, including Best…
1968: A pivotal year of change
Robert Kennedy and Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy toured the damages after days of rioting in…
On Jackie Robinson’s 100th Birthday, Celebrate A Man Whose Impact Was Bigger Than Baseball
By Aaron Homer | Inquisitr Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of baseball…
His death and its meaning
By Attorney Jacqueline Hubbard, President, ASALH Most of us can remember where we were…
The Underground Kitchen That Funded the Civil Rights Movement
By Jessica Gringrich | Atlas Obscura ON DECEMBER 5, 1955, FOUR days after Rosa Parks was…
The Unsolved Mystery of the First People Killed During the Civil Rights Movement
By Erin Blakemore | History It was a double celebration: Christmas, and the Moores’…
Voting barriers in the 21st century
Civil rights advocates protesting against discriminatory voting laws in 1964. BY…