If Martin Luther King Jr. was alive today he would be 80. ...more

January 20, 2009

On a day when symbolism dominates our national scene, Bob Gilder's sign is back up at the elections office on Falkenburg Road. ...more

January 20, 2009

When Barack Obama took the first steps toward becoming president, Luis Rivera didn't trust him. ...more

January 19, 2009

The news media got a sneak peek Wednesday of the new Tampa Bay History Center, just days before its grand opening Saturday. The museum, on Garrison Channel in Tampa's Channel District, tells the 12,000-year story of Florida's history through centuries-old artifacts and modern audiovisual exhibits. Visitors can walk through a replica of a cigar shop from 1920s-era Ybor City and experience the Seminole Wars in a multisensory theater. Maps dating as far back as the 16th century are on display, as are Florida's Cracker culture and the civil rights movement in the Bay area. ...more

January 15, 2009

It is the little parade that could. Tampa's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a celebration of the civil rights leader beginning at noon Monday. ...more

January 14, 2009

An activist in the civil rights moment, 102-year-old Winonah Greene lives to see an African-American president. ...more

January 7, 2009

The first child born at the White House was the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson. The second child born there was his property - the black baby of Jefferson's two slaves. ...more

January 4, 2009

The Rev. James L. Bevel, a prominent figure in the civil rights movement whose legacy was clouded by an incest conviction has died, a relative said. He was 72. ...more

December 20, 2008

Forty-one years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation law unconstitutional and ended race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the United States. ...more

November 20, 2008

"I've been so, so shpilkes," fretted an anxiety-ridden Tampa City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena, who in the midst of a huge crowd of equally fretting Barack Obama supporters seemed to capture the mood in Yiddish. ...more

November 6, 2008