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  1. Meet the Black Floridians behind these Tampa Bay landmarks
    Yesterday• History
    Bessie Coleman was the first African American Aviator of Record. She received her pilot's license in 1921 and died in an accident in Jacksonville in 1926.
  2. Historic marker honors Black cemetery erased during construction of MacDill
    Feb. 23• History
    MacDill Air Force Base on Tuesday dedicated a historic marker denoting the spot where the erased Port Tampa Cemetery was located.
  3. Art provides a rare glimpse at Tampa’s historic Black neighborhoods
    Feb. 23• History
    This drawing from the 1930s of Tampa's historic Black neighborhood known as the Scrub was created by Karl Moseley during The Great Depression and funded by the Works Progress Administration.
  5. Tampa Bay civil rights leader knows, 50 years later, that he was targeted by FBI
    Feb. 22• History
    Askia Muhammad Aquil looks back on his life as a community activist. He is shown here outside of his office Campbell Park in St. Petersburg.
  6. Hillsborough School District unveils proposed memorial to lost Ridgewood Cemetery
    Feb. 15• History
    A proposed rendering of a walkable memorial honoring those buried in the mid-20th century Ridgewood Cemetery for the indigent and unknown.
  7. Grave markers found at the former site of a Black cemetery in Clearwater
    Feb. 11• History
    Erin McKendry, 40, a staff archeologist with Cardno, left, speaks with a Tampa Bay Times reporter as Ryan Harke, 35, an archeologist with Florida Public Archeology Network, right, during the excation of what was once an unnamed Black cemetery. This grave is among those with a casket and a marker.
  8. Gasparilla is postponed. What if it is canceled? That’s happened before.
    Jan. 28• History
    Floats make their way down the parade route during the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates last year in Tampa.
  9. Remembering Tampa’s experience hosting Super Bowls over the years
    Jan. 27• History
    Fans cheer on the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals during Super Bowl 43 in 2009; The front page of the St. Petersburg Times Jan. 23, 1984 featured an image taken during Super Bowl 18; Whitney Houston's iconic performance of the Star Spangled Banner during Super Bowl 25 in 2000.
  10. In St. Petersburg, a D-Day vet and friend to presidents turns 100
    Jan. 21• History
    Over 100 friends, family and community members gathered for a special birthday parade for St. Petersburg resident Henry Benton Sayler on his 100th birthday on Saturday January 16, 2020 in St. Petersburg.
  11. How to watch Biden’s inauguration and stream together with friends
    Jan. 19• Life & Culture
    Flags are placed on the National Mall, with the U.S. Capitol behind them, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
  12. How does living through historic events and tragedies change us?
    Jan. 18• Politics
    The insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, joined other notable historic events in American history, including the coronavirus pandemic and Victory over Japan Day.
  13. Tampa’s A.R. Savage shipping celebrates 75 years and four generations of family
    Jan. 15• History
    Bill Savage is the fourth generation of his family to work for the A.R. Savage & Son ship agency.
  14. Tampa bookstore and museum teaches that Black history is diverse
    Jan. 6• History
    Gigi Best-Richardson and her husband, Skip Richardson, are co-owners of Best Richardson African Diaspora Literature and Culture Museum in Tampa.
  15. Remember the Clearwater Monster? It’s having a moment.
    Jan. 5• History
    A 1948 photo, left, shows a plaster cast made from large footprints left in the sand of Clearwater Beach. A 2006 image, right, shows Tony Signorini, the man responsible.
  16. Where did St. Petersburg’s street names come from?
    Dec. 30, 2020• History
    Dali Boulevard S, 5 Avenue S, sign, St. Petersburg.
  17. You can tour Tampa’s Newman cigar factory and be “like walking back in time”
    Dec. 28, 2020• History
    Luis Gonzalez, of Tampa, is surrounded by finished cigars while rolling The American at the J.C. Newman Cigar Co. in Tampa.
  18. Saint Leo University adds satellite campus in historic Tampa building
    Dec. 23, 2020• History
    Saint Leo University has opened a satellite campus in West Tampa's Berriman-Morgan Cigar Factory.
  19. The evolution of Tampa through the eyes of Dick Greco
    Dec. 19, 2020• Community News
    Former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco poses for a portrait at his balcony in Tampa on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.
  20. Before the coronavirus, here’s how Tampa Bay fought polio with vaccines
    Dec. 16, 2020• History
    Dixie Lee Heckel, then 3, receives her polio shot at the Leon County Health Unit in Tallahassee, Florida, on June 23, 1957.
  21. Iconic mayor returns to his hometown
    Dec. 13, 2020• Community News
    Former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco poses for a portrait at his balcony in Tampa on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.
  22. Raul Villamia, Tampa’s first Cuban consul under Castro, dies at 95
    Dec. 8, 2020• History
    Raul Villamia was Tampa's first Cuban consul under Fidel Castro's revolutionary government.
  23. Pass-a-Grille’s Seahorse Restaurant is closed. For now.
    Dec. 7, 2020• Life & Culture
    The Seahorse Restaurant in Pass-A-Grille, pictured here in 2013, has closed. Its owners plan to make sure it remains a mainstay.
  24. Historic West Tampa Sicilian Club to be restored, become a production studio
    Dec. 4, 2020• History
    The Sicilian Club building, once a social club for Sicilian immigrants, will be restored and turned into a production studio.
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