In February 2012, Dr. Peter H. Wood delivered a lecture on Homer’s Emancipation-era portrait, “Near Andersonville,” to SPOHP audiences. Click to watch!
AAHP coordinators worked to digitize and transcribe a unique and valuable lecture by C.L.R. James–previously unpublished! Congratulations to the entire team for all the hard work that went into this discovery!
Keel, interviewed for the African American History Project and Veterans History Project last summer about his World War II service, is featured in February’s edition of Senior Times magazine.
Read more "Tuskegee Airman Daniel Keel Featured in North Florida’s Senior Times, Feb. 2016"
Dr. Giovanni was interviewed by Graduate Coordinator Randi Gill-Sadler as part of the University of Florida’s 2016 MLK Day celebrations.
Coordinators of the African American History Project will discuss the recent “One Person, One Vote” SNCC Legacy Conference this Wednesday, Nov. 18. Meeting at Pugh Hall in Rm. 210!
Read more "Nov. 18, Reflections from 2015 SNCC Legacy Conference at Duke University, 11 a.m."
On Thursday, October 15, 2015, an encore performance of “Gator Tales” will be performed at the Oral History Association Annual Meeting at the Tampa Bay History Center in Tampa, Florida.
Join SPOHP and the UF School of Theatre + Dance for a summer remount of “Gator Tales,” an original play centered around oral history interviews from the Alachua County African American History Project.
Read more "Summer “Gator Tales” Reprise, July 16-19, at the Black Box Theatre!"
The Veterans History Project (VHP) and Alachua County African-American History Project (AAHP) were high up in the sky this week with Mr. Daniel Keel, who served as a Tuskegee Airman in World War II! Check out photos of the interview and 1942 Vultee BT-13 Valiant flight, piloted by Chris Hoefli, a B-52 pilot and Iraq War veteran. […]
Read more "Like a bird, like a plane…it’s SPOHP! with Tuskegee Airman Daniel Keel"
Read about coverage in the Natchez Democrat of SPOHP’s recent Mississippi Freedom Project trip, including the “Unfinished Business, Race, Democracy, and the Ongoing Struggle for Civil Rights” panel with AAHP graduate coordinators.
The Civic Media Center in Gainesville, Florida, is the repository for many of the late Stetson Kennedy’s books. Dr. Paul Ortiz discusses Stetson Kennedy’s life and legacy, and is joined by Sandra Parks Kennedy, wife of Stetson Kennedy, as she remembers her husband’s life.