Remembering Paradise Park: Central Florida’s tourist attraction ‘for colored people’
From 1949 to 1969, Paradise Park became one of the country’s most popular places…
segregation
‘We’ve made some mistakes’
With all the controversy surrounding Pinellas County Schools banning the film ‘Ruby…
Was Gulfport a sundown town?
With its sunny beach, laid-back atmosphere and LGBTQIA+ friendliness, does the City of…
‘A Visual History of Civil Rights & Social Change in Pinellas County,’ Part 3
Like many other public spaces, Black people were not allowed to sit on St. Pete’s…
Swim with Kym aims to change the Black community’s relationship with water
Kymbriell Finch, owner of Swim with Kym, teaches water safety and drowning prevention…
Segregated Sand: Florida’s Beaches in the Civil Rights Movement
With more than 1,300 miles of coastline, Black Floridians had to contend with the issue…
Gas Plant/Laurel Park Reunion, part 2
Although living conditions in the complex had deteriorated by the time the city broke…
Desegregating pioneers of Pinellas County Schools
Gwendolyn Reese, president African American Heritage Association St. Petersburg BY FRANK…
St. Pete’s infamous green benches
Pictured here is an original green bench, now sitting in front of Mordecai Walker’s…
City honors the Courageous 12 with plaque at new police building
BY ROGER CLENDENING, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – The City of St. Petersburg, a…
Segregation in America
A young black man drinks from a segregated water cooler in 1939 at a streetcar terminal…
Baseball and the segregated South
BY JON WILSON, Columnist ST. PETERSBURG — A Mecca for baseball’s spring training…