Please join us virtually on Wednesday, November 10th at 4PM, as USF Libraries host speakers Dr. Brenda Walker and Dr. Marquis Holley to discuss Project R.I.S.E.S. (Racism in School Exclusionary Suspensions). Focusing on the high suspension rates of Black/African-American students in elementary, …Continue Reading
YOU ARE INVITED! Come celebrate Latinx Heritage with the USF Libraries, Yelp Tampa Bay, and Lunchpool! This virtual event will be a live discussion led by USF Libraries’ Andy Huse, author of the upcoming book, “The Cuban Sandwich, A History in …Continue Reading
For City of Tampa’s Archives Awareness Week 2021, the USF Libraries Tampa Special Collections and the Tampa Bay History Center (TBHC) screened City Within a City, the 1955 promotional film about Ybor City — created by Paul Rubenstein, Cesar Gonzmart, and the …Continue Reading
USF Libraries Tampa Special Collections & Tampa Bay History Center are celebrating City of Tampa’s Archives Awareness Week! Join us Thursday, July 15th from 6 – 7 p.m. for a special live virtual screening of the 1955 promotional film about Ybor City, …Continue Reading
You are invited to the annual Books Save Lives Award Reception celebrating Janice Lynn Mather, 2021 award winner and author of Learning to Breathe. Thursday, February 4th at 2 p.m. Hosted virtually through Microsoft Teams. Please RSVP to receive login information on …Continue Reading
Chinsegut Hill Historic Site in Hernando County has a human history that spans millennia. Florida Indians, enslaved individuals, wealthy planters, 20th-century crusaders and more labored atop the Hill. The History Center’s Curator of Public History Dr. Brad Massey and Collections Registrar Heather …Continue Reading
Curator Lisa Kathleen Graddy discusses the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History’s “Creating Icons” exhibit and what a 100-year-old collection can tell us about the woman suffrage movement and modern women’s activism. Florida Conversations is free and open to the public, and …Continue Reading
Plans are now underway to transform Tampa’s only remaining African American boarding house, the Jackson House, into a museum and cultural center. History Center curators Dr. Brad Massey and Rodney Kite-Powell, along with historian Fred Hearns, share plans for this historic downtown …Continue Reading
