Several give stark accounts of segregation-era racism

“Several give stark accounts of segregation-era racism,” The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, March 12, 2014. The Gainesville Sun highlighted SPOHP’s public history program, “The Florida Civil Rights Struggle: Past & Present,” on March 12. The program featured four panelists: John Due, Dan Harmeling, Vivian Filer, and Rosemary Florence, civil rights activists looking back on […]

UF students get immersed in the history of civil rights

“UF students get immersed in the history of civil rights,” The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, March 10, 2014. In preparation for the upcoming public history program, “The Florida Civil Rights Struggle: Past & Present,” on Wednesday, March 12, the Gainesville Sun highlighted student and staff work in civil rights research and event organizing. Featuring interviews with […]

Paul Ortiz: We Must Ensure Latinos Have Better Access to Healthcare

Paul Ortiz: We Must Ensure Latinos Have Better Access to Healthcare, The Gainesville Sun, by Paul Ortiz, February 2014. In this editorial published in the Gainesville Sun, Dr. Paul Ortiz, director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and associate professor of history at the University of Florida, details problems associated with healthcare access in the Latino […]

ReVisioning Black History Month: Linking African American and Latino Histories

ReVisioning Black History Month: Linking African American and Latino Histories, Beacon Broadside, by Paul Ortiz, February 24, 2014. Dr. Paul Ortiz, director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and associate professor of history at the University of Florida, is currently writing Our Separate Struggles Are Really One: African American and Latino Histories, to published by […]

Sign up with StoryCorps to share a life story for posterity

Sign up with StoryCorps to share a life story for posterity, The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, January 22, 2014. From February 26 to March 7, StoryCorps will be interviewing North Central Floridians about their lives as part of a cross-country tour. StoryCorps is national oral history project devoted to recording brief conversations between private citizens, many […]

UF Oral History director merges academics and activism

UF Oral History director merges academics and activism, The Gainesville Sun, by Jovahn Huertas, January 3, 2014. Dr. Paul Ortiz, the director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, was recently profiled in the Gainesville Sun, covering his academics and activist involvement. The article highlights student voices, including SPOHP alum Caroline Vickers, academic colleagues including UF Provost […]

History News Network: “How to Get Funding for Public History” highlighting the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program

How to Get Funding for Public History, History News Network, by David Austin Walsh, January 2, 2014. The History News Network recently published the following article to highlight the ways in which different public history programs generate interest, community support, and funding. Both the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida and “History […]

Gainesville Iguana Highlights “Siempre Adelante” and Freedom Project Interview

“Siempre Adelante: A Look at Faith and the Immigrant Struggle” and “History and the people who make it: Allen Cooper,” The Gainesville Iguana, from the SPOHP Archives and Jessica Taylor, November/December 2013. Allen Cooper, an interviewee in the Mississippi Freedom Project, gave an oral history interview during a Freedom Summer reunion of civil rights workers in […]

Paul Ortiz: Honoring all of Florida’s military veterans

Paul Ortiz: Honoring all of Florida’s military veterans, The Gainesville Sun, by Dr. Paul Ortiz, November 10, 2013. Dr. Paul Ortiz wrote the following editorial for The Gainesville Sun on Veterans Day weekend about the importance of recognizing the service of all military veterans, including African Americans, whose service is frequently ignored in historical narratives. Ortiz points out […]

Oral History of Coastal Change in Levy County

“Oral History of Coastal Change,” Planning for Coastal Change in Levy County, by Trey Bonds, October 28, 2013. Planning for Coastal Change in Levy County examines scientific studies and oral histories of coastal change in Levy County to prepare for the future. On October 28, the organization released this video, compiled with the help of SPOHP […]

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