Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
Podcast- MLK Jr, Florida and Civil Rights #MLKDay
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. here in Florida with an emphasis on his actions in the state. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free […]
#MLKDay – MLK Jr. and LBJ reading/viewing
On this MLK Day, it is important to think about a time when a southern President who prior to 1957, had opposed Civil; Rights effectively partnered with Martin Luther King Jr. The amount of scholarship developed along with screenplays/movies about this period has exploded recently. This also helps explain the gradual shift in terms of […]
TFS + – DeSantis congressional map proposal quick thoughts
Last night, a proposed Congressional Map was submitted by the Executive Office of the Governor to the legislature. This map is the clear GOP gerrymander the national party wanted and the Florida Republicans had to this point failed to provide. More over at TFS+.
MLK and the St Augustine movement – a retrospective
In commemoration of Martin Luther King’s Birthday in 2022, it is timely to recall the critical role Florida played in the passage of Civil Rights legislation- specifically St Augustine which the epicenter of MLK Jr. and Southern Christian Leadership Council (SLC) activity during the Senate filibuster of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964. Listen: The […]
Remembering the free blacks who saved Florida during the War of Jenkins Ear
In honor of Martin Luther King Day 2022, we look back at Fort Mose the the first free black settlement in what is now the USA and those from there who heroically saved Florida. In July 1742, decisive battles between the Spanish and British took place in and around St Simons Island, Georgia. It was […]
Freedom in Florida: The First Underground Railroad
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday, we’re re-running our series on the First Underground Railroad which has not been talked as prominently as it should in American History. We did a total of three Florida History Podcast’s on the Underground Railroad to Florida In Part I we discuss Fort Mose and runaway slaves […]
Major jetBlue cuts highlight the week in Florida commercial aviation
JetBlue which has faced major operational challenges of late trimmed several flight to/from the sunshine state this past week. Here are the full list of Florida-related cuts: Fort Lauderdale to Bozeman and Port of Spain Tampa to Providence and Richmond Fort Myers to Providence As we reported last month United has confirmed it will close […]
A most disgraceful speech by the Great Divider
I have been watching State of the State speeches since Lawton Chiles delivered his 1995 speech (in which he made reference to his former US Senate colleague from Mississippi John Stennis, just to make sure we were paying attention). These are generally very straight forward affairs loaded with policy talk and feel-good rhetoric. Jeb Bush […]
The Florida Squeeze 