civil rights

Meet Clarence Fort, organizer of the Tampa 1960 sit-ins, and Mark E. Leib, the playwright behind the new production spotlighting the events.

Joseph Holt, artistic director of Choral Artists of Sarasota, says the Florida premiere of the performance "is an important piece to present at this point."

"We can't learn from the past if we don't even acknowledge that it existed."

A protracted legal fight over how city council districts were drawn in Jacksonville reflects an aspect of redistricting that often remains in the shadows.

The federal lawsuit claims the state has maintained “a segregated system of higher education” and that Florida’s disparate funding and support for FAMU violates constitutional equal-protection rights.

Desmond Meade was recently named as a MacArthur Foundation fellow for 2021 — commonly known as a “genius" grant. He discusses honor and his activism in passing Amendment 4 in 2018.

Dr. Opie sheds light on the role food played in the life of another Harlem Renaissance-era Floridian, James Weldon Johnson.

The pioneering educator and civil rights activist is the first Black person to have a state-commissioned statue in Statuary Hall. She replaced a Confederate general.

The bill would create new crimes related to violent protests and make it harder for local governments to reduce police spending.

Sunday's anniversary of the day marchers were beaten by police in Selma, Ala., will honor the late civil rights icon. Some 56 years later, former state Sen. Hank Sanders says his work isn't done.

The Kansas City Star noted it "disenfranchised, ignored and scored generations of Black Kansas Citians" for much of its 140 years of existence.

A portion of Gamble Street could be renamed for Trudie Perkins, one of the first Black nurses at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, and her husband Robert.