Race

Kenneth and Eugene Gavin are part of the legacy of the Gavin and Walker families on Sanibel Island. The two families were among the first Black settlers on the island.

A Florida woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor last week in the violent culmination of what the sheriff described as a 2½-year feud was arrested Tuesday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office said.

The lawyers raised a series of arguments that the "Stop WOKE Act" violates speech rights.

FGCU President Emeritus Dr. Wilson Bradshaw talks about how much has changed around issues of social justice and anti-racism over the past year and a half, including the new "Stop Woke Act" -- or HB 7 -- that governor Ron DeSantis signed into law on July 1, 2022.

The Laboratory Theater of Florida in downtown Fort Myers is currently performing the Southwest Florida premiere production of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize winning drama “Fairview.”The play tackles themes of implicit bias, prejudices, stereotypes, race, surveillance and privilege, but through an innovative and powerful defiance of convention.We explore the play in a conversation with the production’s Assistant Director Makayla Davis, actors and cast members Zaria Brown and Tijuanna Clemons, and Laboratory Theater founder and Producing Artistic Director Annette Trossbach.

The Laboratory Theater of Florida has a reputation for producing edgy plays on timely topics. So, it should come as no surprise that it is presenting the Southwest Florida premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play “Fairview” which is a radical, conceptually bold and impactful comedy exploring issues of race and racism.

At a news conference in Collier County Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a new civics education initiative.

A recent study shows Florida has the second-highest number of known hate groups in the country. We put a spotlight on why the Sunshine State harbors so much hate.

Only about 1 percent of people vaccinated in Sarasota County are Black. Advocates say the distribution process puts underserved communities at a disadvantage. They're fighting to change that.

The COVID-19 vaccination rate remains low among Black and Hispanic Floridians despite initiatives announced by Gov. Ron DeSantis to bring more shots to underserved communities. Now, the federal government has stepped in