African American History

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…

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…

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…

Sarasota’s first African-American community, Overtown, will be in the spotlight during a Newtown History Makers panel next week.Overtown, a segregated…

Across the nation, African-Americans are celebrating Juneteenth – June 19 th - as the day the Emancipation Proclamation was read in Texas, making it the...

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…

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…

In this installment of StoryCorps Tampa Bay, 23-year-old Kalima Haneef remembers her grandmother, Najiyyah Shaheed, with her uncle Shalaby Shaheed. Her…

Poet Maya Angelou, actress Ruby Dee and even President Barack Obama have something in common. They've all participated in The History Makers project--the…

A Tampa musical group is premiering a short film Saturday about the music they make and the culture it represents. They play bomba, Puerto Rican folk…

A piece of history from Bartow will be included in the new Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.The museum…

The city of Tampa has been planning a redevelopment of Perry Harvey Sr. Park for years. In the same park sits a 35-year-old skate bowl, which recently…