On this anniversary of MLK’s birthday coinciding with the 60th anniversary of the Federal Voting Rights Act, 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 […]
In commemoration of Martin Luther King Birthday in 2025 , 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. […]
In the past we have discussed the critical importance of Martin Luther King Jr’s St Augustine campaign and its impact on the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In 2011, the City of St Augustine dedicated a memorial to the steps taken by one of King’s right-hand men, future Congressman, UN Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young. Here is […]
On a recent Florida History Podcast we discussed the transformative and remarkable Governorship of Reubin Askew. 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 listen on your iPhone if […]
Pine Island Ridge was the assumed site of a decisive battle in the Second Seminole War.
Silver Airlines which is the only airline offering intra-Florida services that aren’t specifically tied to a hub (Southwest flights from Orlando, American flights from Miami and Spirit flights from Fort Lauderdale are run in order to feed connections not to carry origin & destination passengers from those cities to other Florida ones) has filed for […]
Donald Trump was elected to fix the border and lower the price of gas and eggs (the price of gas actually doesn’t impact me as I own an electric vehicle). However, he’s now wandered into the space of naked manifest destiny-styled imperialism despite convincing most of us he was an anti-war isolationist (I’m not fond […]
Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated for a return to the White House in eleven days. Trump, who has never won a majority of the popular vote (yes, he won a plurality in 2024) joins Bill Clinton and Woodrow Wilson as two US Presidents with that “honor” if you will. Ironically enough, a masterful biography […]
The Florida Squeeze 