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There are more than 180,000 historical markers in the U.S., including some in Florida remembering the victims of racial violence.
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The city of Opa-Locka celebrates its first MENA Fest with the opening of the Opa-Locka Heritage Trail, an interpretive historic trail installation.
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According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Little Santo Domingo district in Allapattah is under threat — putting livelihoods and a unique cultural identity at risk.
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He had Ernest Hemingway for a neighbor, bought a Model T car with a New Deal job and served in the Pacific during World War II – but, as he hits another milestone birthday, one of Key West's oldest living Conchs doesn’t look a day over 90.
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House Bill 49 implements the recommendations of a task force approved by the Legislature two years ago to study the issue of abandoned African American cemeteries.
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Amid bans on teaching controversial topics related to race, Black families have embraced schools that affirm their African American heritage.
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Mallory Square is Key West's famous tourist spot for watching the sunset. The lead Florida Keys historian for the Monroe County Public Library system said it's not named for Stephen Mallory who was secretary of the Confederate Navy.
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The magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and war-torn Syria on Monday has killed more than 20,000 people. Here are some of the world's deadliest earthquakes in the past quarter-century.
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released a major report that details how stolen guns and emerging technology like "ghost guns" play a factor in gun violence in the U.S.
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Jimmy Buffett is a self-made legend. But when he landed in Key West 50 years ago, he was a "nobody from nowhere," he told a crowd. For Key West fans, his visit is an emotional homecoming.
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The African American history debate began after the Florida Department of Education rejected an AP African American Studies course.
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Cuban-American scholar Andy Gomez joins WLRN's Carlos Frías on Sundial to talk about his new children's book "Lessons from Abuelo: History of Cuba.” It was inspired by his grandchildren's questions about the island's complicated history and their family's decision to come to the U.S.