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I AM: Mercy Hospital and its pioneering physicians, part 2

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

Gwendolyn Reese, middle, was the President’s Award for Community Leadership 2018…

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,…

Atwater’s Cafeteria was a mainstay in the African-American community, and Eric Atwater…

Helen Allen Edwards was a librarian for 32 years at the James Weldon Branch Library. By…

By Gwendolyn Reese, Contributor MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Recently, I was in Montgomery,…

Kevin W. Johnson, vice president of the Friends of Johnson Branch Library, leads a group…

Author and poet Rosalie Peck co-wrote ‘St. Petersburg’s Historic 22nd Street…

Political activist Lonnie Donaldson By Gwendolyn Reese Lonnie Donaldson was a revered…

Perkins T. Shelton was a political and civil rights activist and a staunch defender of…

Pictured, Gibbs Senior High School By Gwendolyn Reese The Tampa Bay Times, as does many…

Before Gibbs High School opened in 1927, Pinellas County had no school for Black students…

Memorable Moments in African-American History As a people, we find ourselves in a time of…

Iveta Jones Martin-Berry was a pharmacist and community activist. By Gwendolyn Reese…