Black History Month

Students, faculty and staff celebrated the start of Black History Month recently on the Campus of Florida Gulf Coast University.

Black History Month, Lee County Black History,

Students in fourth through twelfth grade were invited to submit an essay no longer than 500 words based on this year’s theme.

Lee County Black History Society celebrates Black History Month at prayer breakfast

Among the events planned by the Lee County Black History Society will be Movie Night planned Feb. 10 and the Heart Hustle health event Feb. 25.

A conversation with investigative reporter and founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting Jerry Mitchell about how his work led to convictions of KKK members in the 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing, the 1963 assassination of Medgar Evers, the 1966 fatal firebombing of NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer, and the killings of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner during the Freedom Summer of 1964. Mitchell comes to FGCU for free lecture that’s open to the public on Wednesday, Feb. 16.

A design by multimedia artist Cecilia Lueza that embodies the concepts of dreams, hope and civil rights will be constructed at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Veronica S. Shoemaker Boulevards.

February 1st is National Freedom Day which commemorates the ratification of the 13th Amendment in 1865. Abraham Lincoln signed the Amendment in a special joint session of the house and the senate abolishing slavery in the U.S.

As we near the end of Black History Month, we continue to feature local African Americans from Southwest Florida. Today, we'll hear from a Fort Myers…

This Black History Month, in honor of those of black heritage here in Southwest Florida, WGCU is featuring local African Americans from across the region.…