History

We take a reprieve from coverage of the coronavirus pandemic to catch up with the mother and daughter team behind the podcast “Cool Dead Women.”  The…

Unmarked African-American burial grounds are scattered throughout Florida. Sen. Janet Cruz (D-Tampa) wants to fund and reinstate a 10-member task force...

In 1920, African-Americans in Florida organized a voter registration movement ahead of a presidential election. In Ocoee, a white mob retaliated against...

James Abraham worked at several newspapers during his career in journalism, working as a reporter, columnist and editor. He wound up in Punta Gorda, and…

Sen. Jason Pizzo (D-Miami), wants to raise the profile of Juneteenth tin Florida and make it a national holiday. The date marks the day the last slaves...

A federal appeals court will consider a dispute over the movement of a Confederate soldier from a prominent town square park in Lakeland to a veterans...

Back in the summer of 2018 we brought a University of Florida history student named Julian Valdivia on the show to learn about his work collecting oral…

The country's first Thanksgiving actually took place in Florida, 56 years before the one in Massachusetts with the Pilgrims. Speaking to Robin...

In 1942 and 1943, German U-boats sank more than one hundred tankers in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, impeding the flow of crude oil to the…

This Saturday, November 2 there’s an event in Fort Myers launching the new Dunbar Cultural Landmarks Tour, which will allow people to download a free app…