Archive for June, 2007
Monday, June 25th, 2007
Democrats Abuzz Over Races
Courtesy of the Gainesville Sun
by Amy Shannon
Special to the Sun
Packed in like patriotic sardines, several hundred of the county’s most-active Democrats filled the Thelma A. Boltin activity center for the first-ever outstanding luncheon to honor community party leaders.
Sponsored by the Alachua County Democratic Executive Committee, the gathering’s large crowd on Saturday wasn’t too much of […]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
Tax Credits to Lure Filmmakers
Courtesy of the Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Charlie Crist, who wants tax credits to lure film production to Florida, hung out with movies stars on a Jacksonville film set Wednesday before addressing a film advisory council at the Capitol.
Crist wants $75 million a year in tax credits over the next three years for filmmakers who […]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
Living Black History
by AIDA MALLARD
Special to the Guardian
Poetry and history, singing and dancing, and local history makers were the main attraction at a celebration of Black History Month held Tuesday at Prairie View Academy.
School principal Dr. Barbara Henry offered the welcoming remarks and recited the words to ”Lift Ever’y Voice,” the Negro National Anthem.
“We are here to […]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
NAACP
Courtesy of the Gainesville Sun
The small town of Rosewood was forever changed one night in 1923.
My ancestry goes a long way back in both Levy County and Alachua County. For the past 15 years I have worked unceasingly to document and present our shared history of Rosewood.
“You must keep the ‘leg’ in our legacy,” instructed […]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
Rosewood Relation
Courtesy of Palm Beach Postby Kara Kam
TALLAHASSEE — When Gov. Charlie Crist met with Florida National Guard troops in his office Tuesday, he discovered he and an Air Force communications specialist in the group had a common interest.
As a state senator, Crist chaired a subcommittee charged with approving $2 million to pay the descendents of […]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
Rekindling the Family Spirit of Lincoln High School
Courtesy of the Gainesville Sunby Cleveland TinkerSpecial to the Guardian
As alumni of Gainesville’s Lincoln High School talk about their school days, one word comes up over and over — family.
This weekend alumni will gather for the 7th Biennial Grand Reunion that draws members from many classes. The big event of the weekend is Saturday’s Hall […]
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
Real Rosewood Foundation Hands Out Awards
Courtesy of the Gainesville Sunby Cleveland Tinker
Special to THE GUARDIAN
It was an evening with Rosewood families and friends and recognition of unsung heroes at the Real Rosewood Foundation Inc.’s second annual awards dinner held Saturday in Gainesville.
The theme was remembering the legacy of Rosewood, and organizers said that preserving Rosewood’s history was akin to preserving […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
81 Years Later
81 years later, Rosewood memorialized
BY KAREN VOYLES
SUN STAFF WRITER
KAREN VOYLES/The Gainesville Sun
Robie Mortin, right, was 8 […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Survivors and Descendants Return
Survivors, descendents return to Rosewood seeking healing
By DIRK LAMMERS, Associated Press, 2004
ROSEWOOD — It’s been 81 years since Robie Allenetta Robinson Mortin set foot here, but little is left of the […]
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Monday, June 4th, 2007
Massacre Remembered
Ceremony to mark 81st anniversary of Rosewood massacre
By Associated Press
January 1, 2004
ROSEWOOD — A “peace and healing” ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the Rosewood massacre, in which a […]
