Florida

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• 2/28/2021
  

  Twenty Years Ago, Rioters Tried to Stop a Presidential Vote Count – and Succeeded

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  On November 22, 2000 a mob succeeded in deciding a presidential election. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  2/5/2021
  

  The Buccaneers Embody Tampa’s Love of Pirates. Is that a Problem?

  by Jamie L.H. Goodall

    "Perhaps time has dulled us to the atrocities committed by these 17th and 18th century outlaws. Or perhaps it’s the fact that if pirates of the Golden Age were bloodthirsty, so too were the nations who opposed them."

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• SOURCE: Orlando Sentinel
  2/3/2021
  

  Group Asks Florida Police Department to Remove Confederate Flag from Badges

  Pensacola's Citizens Police Advisory Board recommended that the badge design be changed to remove the image of the flag of the Confederate States of America.

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• SOURCE: NPR
  12/14/2020
  

  Ella Augusta Johnson Dinkins, Champion Of Zora Neale Hurston's Hometown, Dies At 102

  Zora Neale Hurston was the most famous resident of Eatonville, Florida, but Ella Augusta Johnson Dinkins spent decades organizing and building the town, then fighting to preserve the historical legacy of African American towns from the post-Reconstruction era. 

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• SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
  11/6/2020
  

  The Cuban Revolution Explains Why Younger Cuban Americans Supported Trump

  by William Kelly

  The collapse of revolutionary ideology and wrenching economic transition in Cuba has influenced younger Cuban emigres to embrace individualistic and materialistic politics that align with Republican candidates and Donald Trump.

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• SOURCE: TIME
  11/3/2020
  

  Ted Olson Argued Bush v. Gore. Before Another Possibly Contested Election, Here Are 7 of His Winning Tactics

  by Barbara Perry

  Ted Olson served as counsel to George W. Bush in the 2000 Florida recount. He offers his advice to any election lawyers who may end up in the Supreme Court this year. 

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• SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
  11/3/2020
  

  What Modern Voter Suppression Looks Like In Florida

  by Julio Capó Jr. and Melba V. Pearson

  "The result of legal maneuvering in Florida is a 21st-century version of Jim Crow, now matured into James Crow Esq. The intent — to restrict minority community access to the ballot box — is the same, but the methods of voter suppression have become more sophisticated."

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• SOURCE: Lakeland (FL) Ledger
  9/20/2020
  

  Black and White Polk Pastors Overcome Racism in Show of Forgiveness and Grace

  Richard Harris and Kenneth Stephens committed to Christian demands for forgiveness and reconciliation, and have shared their personal stories in an effort to heal racial divisions. 

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• SOURCE: ABC News
  9/9/2020
  

  Black Scuba Divers Document Slave Shipwrecks Forgotten For Generations

  Columbia University professor Christopher Brown says the number of slave shipwrecks that researchers have been able to confirm are the absolute minimum, and that the true number of shipwrecked slave ships are likely much higher. The work of a Florida diving group hopes to change that. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  8/27/2020
  

  ‘Ax Handle Saturday’: The Klan’s Vicious Attack On Black Protesters In Florida 60 Years Ago

  Historian Clayborne Carson notes that this incident marked a shift in the nature of racist backlash during the sit-in movement.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  8/17/2020
  

  The Bush-Gore Recount Is an Omen for 2020

  An oral history of the craziest presidential election in modern history.

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• SOURCE: Tampa Bay Times
  7/25/2020
  

  Gus Bilirakis Embraces Aide With Background In Sons Of Confederate Veterans

  The Sons of Confederate Veterans pushes a historical narrative that "distorts the truth" said historian Adam Domby.

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• SOURCE: Boston Globe
  7/26/2020
  

  Attacked at a 1964 Civil Rights Protest, Mimi Jones, Who Died at 73, was the Subject of an Iconic Photo

  “All of a sudden, the water in front of my face started to bubble up like a volcanic eruption,” she told WGBH. “I could barely breathe. It was entering my nose and my eyes.”

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• SOURCE: Tampa Bay Times
  7/20/2020
  

  Living History Or Playing War, Brooksville Raid Reenactment Ends After 40 Years

  Glenn LaFantasie and Kevin M. Levin comment on Civil War Reenactments as a 40 year-old Florida event is cancelled in 2020. 

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• SOURCE: News4Jax
  7/5/2020
  

  Crowd Rallies to Keep Confederate Memorial in Downtown St. Augustine

  A group called Defend St. Augustine has more than 300 signatures on a petition to ask the commission to reconsider its decision to remove the stone honoring the city’s Confederate war dead.

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• SOURCE: Florida Phoenix
  7/1/2020
  

  A Push to Make Black History Classes a College Graduation Requirement in FL is Mostly Talk but no Action

  Right now, Florida law requires African American history to be taught at K-12 public schools, though some schools may not be teaching it.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/3/2020
  

  Generations of Rosewood Descendants Keep a Once-Forgotten History Alive

  This photo essay illustrates how a Florida community keeps its history, albeit painful, alive.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/3/2020
  

  After Reparations

  How a scholarship helped — and didn't help — descendants of victims of the 1923 Rosewood racial massacre.

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• SOURCE: Miami Herald
  2/19/20
  

  Harriet Tubman Highway approved in Miami-Dade, replacing ‘Dixie’ over Civil War legacy

  Miami-Dade commissioners unanimously approved renaming the county’s “Dixie” highways after Harriet Tubman.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  8/31/19
  

  As Hurricane Dorian Threatens Florida, Gov. DeSantis & Trump—Who Haven't Curbed CO2 Emissions—Should Resign

  by Juan Cole

  If you don’t recognize the cause of a problem, you can’t fix the problem.