Civil Rights

The latest discussion will focus on the accomplishments of some remarkable Black women.

Before the U.S. Supreme Court's 1963 decision, those without the resources to pay for a lawyer usually had to deal with the criminal justice system on their own.

Dot Inman-Johnson's new book traces the stories of those who were ground-breakers in promoting civil justice and equal opportunity.

The first of 5 initial examinations of the community's often contentious racial history will be posted on the WFSU web site Sept. 22.

The displays depict the significance of the area, which was the site of the old county jail building, to the city's struggle for equality and civil rights.

In addition to the 4 African-Americans lynched near the historial marker location near Cascades Park, 6 more Leon County Blacks were taken by lynch mobs to Columbia County in 1911 and killed there

As the president of the local NAACP chapter, Davis changed the makeup of the Leon County Commission and the county's school board to better reflect the diversity of the community she called home.

COVID concerns had earlier prompted the local NAACP branch to withdraw participation in the observance.

Frenchtown's first residents settled into the area just northwest of Tallahassee's downtown before the Civil War.

Writer and musician Adrian Fogelin's tale of interracial friendship heads to the stage this weekend