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…
Civil Rights Movement
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…
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…
Memo to 2018 from the 1960s: Forget ‘civility.’ Get angry. Don’t stop.
By Chris Taylor | Mashable To hear David Gergen tell it, the turbulent history of…
R.I.P. Don Hogan, 79, lauded photographer of Civil Rights Era
by Niraj Chokshi via nytimes.com The photographer Don Hogan Charles in New York in the…
She breaks barriers
BY Keisha Bell Have you ever wondered if there is a purpose to your life? Are there…
The FBI and the Mischaracterization of Bayard Rustin
From left to right: Bayard Rustin, Andrew Young, Representative William Fitts Ryan…
When ‘Miss’ Meant So Much More: How One Woman Fought Alabama — And Won
BY CAMILA DOMONOSKE, NPR June 1963. Gadsden, Ala. Mary Hamilton, 28, stood in a…
In 1956, the racist governor of Mississippi started a secretive commission to fight integration
Abetting murder was among the misdeeds The Mississippi Sovereignty Commission is…