SCLC calls press conference for justice in Florida
BY RAVEN JOY SHONEL, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG — Representatives from Florida’s…
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The phenomenal women of Freedom Summer
Joyce Ladner BY DIAMOND SHARP, The Root Over a 10-week period, 1964’s Freedom…
A storm is brewing, a cautionary tale
Dear Editor, It has been for a long time… We all heard about the public “closed door…
Cancer Awareness Gala
BY HOLLY KESTENIS, Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG – Most people can tell you of a friend…
Memories of LBJ, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton
BY GEORGE E. CURRY, NNPA Columnist Covering the three-day celebration of the…
Ella Baker: My Civil Rights Heroine
Until the killing of Black men, Black mothers’ sons, becomes as important to the rest…
St. Pete Seniors are Being Taken for a Ride
The Pinellas County chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and…
YMCA Community Conversation Hosts Bernard LaFayette, Jr.
YWCA Tampa Bay will hold a Community Conversation featuring Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr.,…
Charlie Crist Book Signing in St. Pete
St. Petersburg was all abuzz last Saturday with the arrival off former governor Charlie…