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Miami author on her Pulitzer-winning Harriet Tubman book, South Florida's new boating laws and Florida's weak patriotism

Boat on a cart
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Damage to the 29-foot Robalo piloted by George Pino, who crashed his boat into a concrete channel marker in Biscayne Bay on Sept. 4, 2022. The boat crash led to the death of Luciana ‘Lucy’ Fernandez, a 17-year-old student at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, and severely injured her classmate, Katerina Puig.

On the South Florida Roundup, we talked with the Miami native Edda Fields-Black – winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her history of Harriet Tubman and the pivotal Civil War raid on the Combahee River. We also examined Lucy’s Law — a bill that just passed by the Florida Legislature to strengthen the state’s boating codes after Luciana Fernandez’s tragic death. And we looked at how we measure patriotism – and why Florida keeps finishing near the bottom in one patriotism survey.

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