Black History Month

On Tuesday, St. Petersburg's first Black mayor, Ken Welch kicked off Black History Month by raising the African American history flag over City Hall. Community leaders say they want a new museum to preserve that history.

The Tampa Theatre is hosting a new classic movie series during Black History Month, celebrating some of the most iconic love stories as told by Black filmmakers and diverse casts.

Decades ago, a site in one of Sarasota’s oldest African American communities was segregated housing. Now, it's a new affordable housing complex for seniors. Sarasota contributed more than $1.3 million in penny sales tax funds to make it happen. 

The Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival (TBBHF) Music Fest is returning to Curtis Hixon Park this weekend.

The designs and specs are in to expand a St. Petersburg museum into the first landmark museum for Black history and culture in the state of Florida. 

A Bay Area historian is on a mission to bring a fresh and up-close perspective to some of the most significant historical sights in St. Pete’s Black history.

The city of St. Petersburg will explore the next steps after archaeologists recently found a lost cemetery with three possible graves at Tropicana Field, the latest in an effort to uncover erased African American cemeteries in Tampa Bay. 

One Tampa Bay area teen is working to bring Black history to kids during the summer. 

It is a dark and often-overlooked chapter in Florida’s past; 100 years ago, the largest incident of voting day violence in U.S. history took place not far from Tampa Bay.  

The first faceoff Monday night between the Lightning and Panthers was also the first of its kind. It was the first time a full line of forward players who are Black started an NHL game.

The streets that make up the Rosemary District – once known as Overtown – date back to the 1880s.

Live music is coming to Downtown Tampa on Mother’s Day weekend.

Archeologists are spending the week at Tropicana Field looking for evidence of a lost African American cemetery that may have been paved over decades ago.

Fred Hearns lived Tampa history years before the Tampa Bay History Center was built on the waterfront in Channelside. Now he’s the Tampa Bay History Center’s first Curator of Black History.

Photographer Ashley Canay spends her days capturing the precious moments of people's lives, but as outrage over the death of George Floyd sparked cultural movements, she turned her camera to document history in the making.

Every day during the month of February, Teidra Everett dresses up as an essential figure in Black history, prompting her students to learn more about race, culture, and America's past.

If Richard Smiley's feet could talk, they would tell stories of walking for justice and civil rights. 

From a renowned concert hall to landmark community staples, South St. Petersburg boasts a rich African American history.