◀ Back
Opening Reception for “Beaches, Benches and Boycotts: The Civil Rights Movement in Tampa Bay”
Category: Hobby
Date: Saturday September 7, 2019, 7:00pm
Place: Florida Holocaust Museum - Saint Petersburg - 55 Fifth St. S. - St. Petersburg
Phone:
Website: events.stpete.org
St. Petersburg, Florida Special Events
Every year special events like this come around in St. Petersburg, Florida. You can come with your family now and see if you like it, and if so, put in on your calendar every year!
The Florida Holocaust Museum is pleased to present an original exhibition Beaches, Benches and Boycotts: The Civil Rights Movement in Tampa Bay. The exhibition opening reception will take place at the Museum on Saturday, September 7th at 7:00 p.m. and is free to the public, with reservation.
The program will include a panel discussion about the history of Tampa Bayâs African American communities in Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Sarasota. The discussion will be moderated by Judge Charles Williams and panelists will include Fred Hearns, formerly of Tampa, Gwendolyn Reese of St. Petersburg, and Victoria Oldham of Sarasota.
The focus of most Civil Rights history is written about places like Alabama and Mississippi, as if few challenges occurred elsewhere. Tampa Bay remained racially segregated at the dawn of the Civil Rights era and many local institutions and establishments held out on integration for several years after Brown v. the Board of Education and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under âJim Crowâ every aspect of African American life in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and their surrounding cities was segregated. Restricted covenants were in place that segregated residential neighborhoods. African American children had to attend segregated schools that were under-funded and often in disrepair. Blacks could only be cared for at âBlack onlyâ hospitals, and other public and private establishments like restaurants and beaches were often segregated â if blacks were allowed in at all. The Civil Rights Movement in Tampa Bay may have had characteristics similar to other areas of the South, but its stories are its own. This exhibition will illuminate our regionâs struggle with racial equality and shine a light on the local leaders who changed our cities.
The focus of most Civil Rights history is written about places like Alabama and Mississippi, as if few challenges occurred elsewhere. Tampa Bay remained racially segregated at the dawn of the Civil Rights era and many local institutions and establishments held out on integration for several years after Brown v. the Board of Education and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Under âJim Crowâ every aspect of African American life in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota and their surrounding cities was segregated. Restricted covenants were in place that segregated residential neighborhoods. African American children had to attend segregated schools that were under-funded and often in disrepair. Blacks could only be cared for at âBlack onlyâ hospitals, and other public and private establishments like restaurants and beaches were often segregated â if blacks were allowed in at all. The Civil Rights Movement in Tampa Bay may have had characteristics similar to other areas of the South, but its stories are its own. This exhibition will illuminate our regionâs struggle with racial equality and shine a light on the local leaders who changed our cities.
The exhibition opening reception is free and open to the public. Seating is limited! To reserve your seat, please call 727.820.0100, extension 301.
Special events like this can always use more promotion. Tell everyone you know you found it on Wabamm!
