Black history

Saturday is a historic day in African-American history. Here are some significant local events, as well as related events.

Founder Gwendolyn Reese has long desired to share the city’s African American history online. The coronavirus pandemic helped put the project in motion.

Students in the greater Tampa Bay region are learning more about the history of their communities through an educational project involving African American cemeteries.

Fifty years ago, a college football game in Tampa helped change the course of race relations in America. On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 29,…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last campaign is still bringing communities together as they fight for equality and respect in the workplace.The 1968…

The City of St. Petersburg will declare Feb. 15 "Ray Charles Day" during a special event at the Studio @ 620 Friday evening.Some may connect the legendary…

Plant City is best-known for its annual Strawberry Festival, but there is much more to this Hillsborough community.For example, some may not know the city…

Plant City is best-known for its annual Strawberry Festival, but there is much more to this Hillsborough community.For example, some may not know the city…

African-American history in South St. Petersburg dates back over 150 years. The area known today as Midtown is a community full of native residents who…

Police in St. Johns County are searching for a marker that had just been installed as a reminder of a lynching that had taken place on the site, off...

One of the area's leading African American family-owned newspapers, The Weekly Challenger in St. Petersburg, just celebrated its 50th anniversary. Tampa's…

One of the area's leading African American family-owned newspapers, The Weekly Challenger in St. Petersburg, just celebrated its 50th anniversary. Tampa's…