Telling Tampa Bay Stories

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…

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…

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…

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,…

In 1963, Thomas Clyburn was summoned to the principal's office at Sarasota's Booker High School. He thought he was in trouble - instead, he was being…

Newtown is one of the first African American neighborhoods in Sarasota, and the people who live there want to make sure its importance isn’t lost to time.…

The holidays bring back fond memories of childhood for many people. As part of our Telling Tampa Bay Stories series on Newtown, one of the first African…

In 2017, our series, "Telling Tampa Bay Stories," took us to Tampa's Progress Village. In 2018, the focus turned to Plant City -- a Hillsborough County…

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…