Paradise Lost
July 19, 2017Two women are trying to revive Paradise Park, the segregated portion of Silver Springs.
Race
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Alachua County “secedes” from the Confederate statue
June 2, 2017"Old Joe" is coming down.
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Standing Tall
May 5, 201794 years ago and 49 miles from Gainesville, there was a town called Rosewood.
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M.A.M.A’s Got It Goin’ On
May 5, 2017A new space for art, activism and events needs help opening its doors.
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Institutional Lies
May 19, 2015A local task force advocates for public schools to more thoroughly teach African American history.
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#BlackLivesMatter
March 21, 2015Local activists bring Gainesville into the national Black Lives Matter movement, protesting against police violence suffered by people of color.
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Never Lost
April 9, 2012Jacob Atem, a former lost boy of Sudan, evaded attacks from militia while many other children were starved, shot, dehydrated and taken into slavery. Atem's journey led him to UF, and he believes his life was spared for one reason: to pay it forward.
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Undocumented: ‘Illegal’ Student Shares Her Story
November 16, 2010Mica, who asked that only her first name be used, shares her experience as an undocumented student from Argentina. Learn about the DREAM Act through a voice that represents the 65,000 undocumented students in America who depend on it.
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Video of Kofi Shooting Released
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Voices of Segregation: How a UF Program is Preserving Florida’s Black History Through Those Who Lived It
February 11, 2010In January, UF's Office of the Provost awarded the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, SPOHP, with a $150,000 grant for a three-year research project that involves conducting and transcribing interviews in Alachua County and surrounding areas with black Americans who came of age during legal segregation. Most of the interviews will be conducted by UF students and put into a database accessible to students all over the world.