Newtown

The Janie’s Garden apartment block offers more than just a place to live.

The Department of Health launches walking tours in four neighborhoods to collect data and residents' impressions.

Under Florida law, police can pull over and ticket drivers for playing music too loud. One historically black neighborhood is working with police to enforce the law without endangering the people who break it.

While gentrification continues to consume Newtown’s historic Black neighborhood, Atkins remains as an advocate and protector for the tight-knit community.

Violinist Adrian Anantawan and pianist Leigh McAllister were born with disabilities, but found ways to excel in music.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…