‘We lived it.’ Alumni from St. Petersburg’s first Black high school reflect on desegregation
At the James Weldon Johnson Community Library, Lolita Brown flips to a photo of herself…
Gwendolyn Reese
Our Stories Matter: Ethel Johnson
Ethel L. Johnson was a wife, mother, entrepreneur and woman of God. She died on May 26,…
Minnie Styles Killen and the Miss Black St. Petersburg Beauty Pageant, part 1
St. Pete’s own Minnie Styles Killen modeled for Bill Blass, Oscar de la Renta and…
Learn local Black history by touring the African American Heritage Trail
Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association, was the featured…
Slavery is alive and hiding in the patriarchy
Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association, sat down with…
Florida author presents new book on the role slavery played in the prison industrial complex
Dr. Deborah G. Plant will join Gwendolyn Reese on Friday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.m. at Allendale…
‘Tampa Bay Times’ seeks former students, teachers ahead of Brown v. Board of Education anniversary
Before Gibbs Junior-Senior High School opened in 1927, Pinellas County had no school for…
Growing up in the Gas Plant
November’s Community Conversations titled ‘Our Stories Matter: Memories of the Gas…
African American Heritage Association president plays integral role in Tropicana redevelopment
Brian Auld, one of the Tampa Bay Rays’ presidents, personally contacted Gwendolyn…
Rays announce historic development and partnership
The Tampa Bay Rays officially announced Tuesday that a historic agreement has been…
Heritage Association announces banned books club for children
Gwendolyn Reese and the African American Heritage Association announced the “I Love…
Community Conversations delved into the harm of cultural gentrification
July’s installment of Community Conversations discussed cultural gentrification with…
How should the community respond to the Stop WOKE Act?
Gwendolyn Reese, president of the AAHA, Bridgette Heller, founder and CEO of the Shirley…
Heritage Association initiates yearlong membership drive with event
Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association, along with Vice…
Oral histories of erased Black cemeteries: Gwendolyn Reese
Growing up as a child, Gwendolyn Reese lived in the Gas Plant neighborhood at 1305 Fifth…
Hines and the Rays engage Gas Plant, Laurel Park residents and descendants on Trop redevelopment
Hines and the Rays is working hard to engage the community, making residents and…
Gas Plant documentary will feature former residents
Recently, Gwendolyn Reese, president of the African American Heritage Association of St.…
African American Heritage Association: Our Stories Matter
The African American Heritage Association (AAHA) unveiled the digitized version of the…