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While gentrification continues to consume Newtown’s historic Black neighborhood, Atkins remains as an advocate and protector for the tight-knit community.
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Violinist Adrian Anantawan and pianist Leigh McAllister were born with disabilities, but found ways to excel in music.
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While gentrification continues to consume Newtown’s historic Black neighborhood, Sarasota's first African American mayor remains as an advocate and protector for the tight-knit community.
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By training members of the community to deliver surveys and collect data, the hope is that better understanding will emerge across the lines of race and socioeconomics.
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A goal to create an African American Art Center and History Museum in Sarasota is getting closer to reality. This fall, a historic home will be moved to the city's Newtown neighborhood as a starter facility.
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Vickie Oldham has made it her personal mission to preserve the history of Newtown, where she's lived almost her entire life.As part of our Telling Tampa…
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Patrick Carter spent most of his childhood in Newtown, one of the first African American communities in Sarasota. He left to play college football at…
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La'Tiara Love recently moved to the Newtown as she was looking for a predominantly African American community to live in.As part of our Telling Tampa Bay…
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With the exception of the time he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, Willie Charles Shaw has lived his entire life in Sarasota, much of…
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Newtown resident Johnny Hunter grew up in the Sarasota community and plans to spend the rest of his life there. He left the area for a while, but returned…
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Harriet Moore is principal of McIntosh Middle School in Sarasota and grew up in the Newtown neighborhood during the 1960’s and ‘70’s. She spent much of…
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Fredd Atkins grew up in Sarasota’s Newtown neighborhood during segregation. He went on to become the city’s first African American mayor in the 1980’s,…