Florida History

Forget the Gulf of Mexico. In Florida, it’s the Gulf of America.

Attorney Danielle Hernandez, Esq (center) at WMNF on Sunday Forum. From the Left: Patro Mabili, Annie Miles, Hernandez, host Walter L Smith II and Keto Nord, the photo guy

Listen: UPDATE: Republican Senator Joe Gruters dropped this proposal to rename Tamiami Trail.  A bill filed in the legislature would change the name of an iconic road with a nearly 100-year history. One historian says...

Listen: Before there was Tropicana Field and its surrounding acres of asphalt, there was the Gas Plant Neighborhood in St. Petersburg. Now, there’s a new documentary shining a light on the primarily Black neighborhood destroyed...

Delay Expansion of Children’s Health Care Florida seeks delay due to Biden administration. Expansion of kid care can help children with complex issues. Probation for St. Pete Uhuru group A federal judge sentenced three members...

Manatees are such a part of Florida’s environment it’s easy to think they’ve always been here. But have they? That’s what USF Anthropology professor Tom Pluckhahn and a colleague at George Washington University set out...

To an outsider, the Big Cypress Preserve in the Florida Everglades may look like a vast stretch of wilderness, untouched by human hands. But to the Miccosukee Tribe, it is sacred land they have called...

Florida lawmakers from both parties raise concerns about security issues after the shooting at the Trump rally.

The city of Tampa turns 137 years old. Read how the state is celebrating and how one city commissioner imagines the future.

MidPoint learns the history of The Fearless Four: four Black Tampa policemen who, in the face of heavy backlash, filed a racial discrimination complaint against the Tampa Police Dept. in the 1970's, which helped spark...

Listen: The Tampa Bay History Center and Tampa Housing Authority announced plans for a new Black history museum in the city. It’ll be located in a formerly thriving Black business district. City leaders including Tampa...

Fire and Ice Interviewed: Ersula Odom, Black Business owner of Sula Too located in the Tampa Bay Area. Ms. Odom, owner of Sula Too publishing company, is located, in the Ersula's History Shop, at 1421 Tampa...