The Rev. James E. Orange, a lieutenant of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, has died. He was 65. ...more

February 18, 2008

The public is invited to a free one-man show by writer, director and performer Bob Devin Jones of St. Petersburg at 2 p.m. Sunday at Brandon Regional Library, 619 Vonderburg Drive. Jones will portray Harry T. Moore, generally considered the first civil rights martyr in America, the night before he was killed and his wife, Harriette, was fatally injured by a bomb exploding under the floor of their bedroom on Christmas Day 1951, in Mims. ...more

January 7, 2008

Longtime Florida Panhandle lawman Guy Tunnell took fire from critics statewide in 2006 when he compared the Rev. Jesse Jackson to outlaw Jesse James and Barak Obama to terrorist Osama bin Laden. ...more

December 30, 2007

I am not a journalist or a historian. I'm just someone who enjoys learning about the past. I've tried to make this column a beacon of light that reminds us of our past and points to the possibilities of the future. ...more

December 23, 2007

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked enforcement of a Florida law that prevents people from registering to vote if officials cannot match their Social Security or driver's license numbers to federal or state databases. ...more

December 19, 2007

Three young black men break into a white man's home in rural Northern California. The homeowner shoots two of them to death - but it's the surviving black man who is charged with murder. ...more

November 16, 2007

Closely mirroring last year's findings, a coalition of minority advocacy groups concluded this week that the four major television networks had made some progress in increasing ethnic diversity in front of and behind the camera but still fell short in demonstrating an overall commitment to cultural diversity in their prime time lineups. ...more

November 2, 2007

In 1909, the same year the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People organized to combat lynching and racial discrimination, a national church magazine profiled three area churches. ...more

October 26, 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

Dozens of people from the Bay area boarded buses to Tallahassee this morning 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