Don McRae, one of the most formidable black leaders in St. Petersburg history – and sometimes one of its most controversial – died Sunday after a long illness. He was 78. ...more

March 16, 2009

Bob Fransen of New Port Richey says U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is right when he says America is a "nation of cowards" on racial matters -- but not in the way Holder imagines. ...more

February 28, 2009

A federal jury on Friday acquitted a white South Carolina state trooper who bragged about striking a fleeing black suspect with his cruiser in a collision captured on videotape. ...more

October 4, 2008

George S. Middleton High School sits near the heart of a predominately black, East Tampa community, a state-of-the-art facility surrounded by churches, small neighborhood stores and public housing. ...more

September 2, 2008

George S. Middleton High School sits near the heart of a predominately black, East Tampa community, a state-of-the-art facility surrounded by churches, small neighborhood stores and public housing. ...more

August 31, 2008

Middleton, an all-black school for nearly 40 years, represents the struggle alumni faced — and overcame — during segregation. And it's a source of pride for community leaders who fought to re-open the school in 2002, three decades after a federal court order locked its doors. Since then, however, Middleton has struggled to live up to its legacy. ...more

August 29, 2008

A black Republican group has put up billboards in Florida and South Carolina saying the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim that black leaders say is ridiculous. ...more

July 5, 2008

Regarding "Blacks Share Pride Over Obama's Win" (front page, Jan. 5): Isn't it amazing what someone who is well-educated and well-spoken can accomplish regardless of race! The surprise over Barack Obama's win in Iowa is interesting in that blacks are proud of the victory delivered by whites, given Iowa's 2 percent black population. As the article notes, his support among blacks is "far from monolithic." ...more

January 8, 2008

Growing numbers of blacks say they're worse off than five years ago and don't expect their lives to improve, a study released Tuesday shows. Black pessimism about racial progress in America is the worst that it has been in more than two decades, the study shows. ...more

November 14, 2007

TALLAHASSEE - About 700 people from across the state marched on the federal courthouse in Tallahassee today to protest the not-guilty verdict given seven drill instructors and a nurse charged in the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson after he collapsed at a Bay County boot camp in 2006. ...more

October 23, 2007