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Cadaver dogs and archaeologists began searching Tuesday for a lost cemetery that may be located in an area of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.It's the…
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Tampa isn't the only place where long-lost African American graveyards have been found.Although two have been discovered in the bay area, and more sites…
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MacDill Air Force Base will start an investigation in January into reports that a lost African American cemetery could be inside its gates.The cemetery…
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The Vinik Family Foundation has committed up to $1 million to help restore Tampa's only African American boarding house during segregation.“As Tampa…
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Author Gilbert King won a Pulitzer Prize for his 2013 book, "Devil In The Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys and the Dawn of a New America." His…
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Last fall, a cemetery historian came upon a few death certificates from a little-known Tampa burial ground called Zion and he wanted help to learn more…
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The city of Sarasota is taking a stand for its African American community of Newtown by launching a program to preserve its historic properties.The Newton…
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Sarasota’s first African-American community, Overtown, will be in the spotlight during a Newtown History Makers panel next week.Overtown, a segregated…
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Across the nation, African-Americans are celebrating Juneteenth – June 19 th - as the day the Emancipation Proclamation was read in Texas, making it the...
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During an event billed as a “Call to Assemble,” about 100 people gathered at the Dr. Carter G. Woodson Museum to voice their opposition to a January 22nd…
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St Petersburg's only African-American history museum may be getting the boot. On Thursday, the St. Petersburg Housing Authority voted 4-3 to sell its…
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Pat Spencer grew up in Montgomery, Alabama before settling in Tampa. She has been an active member of the NAACP since she was seven years old and has…