A podcast discussing MLK Jr. and the St Augustine campaign . 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 you do not use the […]
Dr. Martin Luther King was a polarizing figure who brought out the best and worst in America. Eventually, the better angels of our nature prevailed and monumental legal progress was made through historic legislation. Socially, we are a far more integrated society than we were in the 1960s. Racism remains across the racial spectrum, but […]
We’ve discussed the critical importance of Martin Luther King Jr’s St Augustine campaign many times in the past. 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 a short video on Young and St Augustine.
In 1968, Alabama’s Democratic former Governor George Wallace who had become a national figure with his “stand in the schoolhouse door” ran for President on the ticket of the “American Independent Party.” The candidacy despite coded words like “crime,” “law breakers,” and “patriotism” was about one thing- race. Wallace had been a populist earlier in […]
In commemoration of Martin Luther King Day 2021, 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 Florida […]
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 […]
Quite frankly, I’m disappointed so far in many of the types of conversations I have seen around the Florida Democrats Chair race. Rinse, repeat and cover one’s backside/blame others mode is once in full swing, as usual. This after an eye-popping 19 point statewide ass-whooping loss in the Governor’s Race? I feel compelled to remind […]
To start 2023, newly elected Chair of the Leon County Democratic Party Ryan Ray joins us on the Florida History Podcast to discuss the long decline of Florida Democrats fortunes from 1990 onward which culminated in a total vote collapse in 2022. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio […]
Retiring FDP Chairman Manny Diaz, did not do a particularly good job in his tenure, to say the least. However, he absolutely nailed many of the party’s problems in his resignation letter – most notably the influence of outside groups, especially post-Citizens United. The discussion of outside groups has tended to dominate the conversations we’ve […]
We all saw how things turned ugly between Congressman Matt Gaetz and Congresman Rogers from Alabama on Friday night after the 14th Speakers vote- it was predicted earlier on Blue Amp with Cliff Schechter! By the way, we’re pleased to be running the Blue Amp videos at TFS going forward…
The Florida Squeeze 