Black History Month

In celebration of Black History Month, we bring you moments in Black History in Southwest Florida.

In celebration of Black History Month, we bring you a moment in Black History in Southwest Florida.

In celebration of Black History Month, we bring you a moment in Black History in Southwest Florida.

During Black History Month, WGCU Host/Reporter Bryant Monteilh gives us a daily reminder of the people, places and events who impacted our region. Listen daily throughout February for each new moment in Southwest Florida Black History.

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.