Category Florida History
Women’s History Month: Zora Neale Hurston
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we continue our look at great Florida women with a discussion about Zora Neale Hurston. 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 which enable you to subscribe and […]
Women’s History Month: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Marjory Stoneman Douglas
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we continue our Women’s History Month theme with a discussion of two extraordinary Floridians- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings and Marjory Stoneman Douglas. 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 […]
Women’s History Month: Marjorie Harris Carr
On the week’s Florida History Podcast, we discuss Marjorie Harris Carr’s commitment to conservation and fight against the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Carr pioneered environmental advocacy and activism in the state in the 1960’s. 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 […]
Frederick Douglass 1889 Florida visit
Today we discuss the historic 1889 visit of Frederick Douglass, one of the most famous Americans in history, to Florida. Douglass visit was especially significant because it attracted white Floridians to his speeches as well, despite the violent hostility in that era toward African-Americans. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our […]
Women’s History Month: Mary McLeod Bethune
On a previous week’s Florida History Podcast, we discussed Mary McLeod Bethune, a great Floridian who now has a statue residing in statutory hall at the US Capitol in Washington DC. Mcleod Bethune is among the most significant women not only in Florida’s History but that of the entire United States. Her accomplishments include: You […]
Women’s History Month at TFS and The Florida History Podcast
It’s Women’s History Month at The Florida Squeeze and The Florida History Podcast. Look for features and listen for podcasts celebrating women’s history in Florida all month long!
Florida and the march for Civil Rights in 1964
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we close out our Black History Month series with a look at how events in Florida directly impacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s passage. 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 […]
Black History Month: Nixon’s Florida Segregationist SCOTUS Pick
Many GOPers want you to believe President Joe Biden’s selection last year of Ketanji Brown Jackson a black woman with Florida roots as unprecedented in American history. Never before, they imply has race, gender or views on race been used to pick someone for the highest court in the land. Well, that is simply not […]
Black History Month -Podcast: Lynchings in Florida
On the latest Florida History Podcast we discuss Florida being the lynching capital of the United States, per capita between 1900 and 1950. 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 which enable you to […]
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