Black history

Delray Beach is spending $59 million to renovate Pompey Park in the historic "The Set" neighborhood. During segregation, Black residents fought to create this park because they were banned from city beaches and pools.

The migrant detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. One aspect of the South Florida facility has drawn far less attention, though: the name itself, and the long history of associating alligators with racist ideas about people of color.

With a measuring tape and waterproof notepad in hand, genealogist Shellie Baxter swims around a shipwreck embedded into the ocean’s floor in the Florida Keys. The water is warmer than the San Diego shores she’s used to, but this is still her most challenging dive yet – she is learning how to document slave shipwrecks.

In a conversation with WLRN's Tim Padgett on The South Florida Roundup, educators Dr. Tameka Bradley and Brian Knowles talk about the importance of Juneteenth in the context of an often politicized education system.

More than 160 years after the end of slavery in the United States, freedom remains deeply personal, shaped by history, community and opportunity.

"Who's Your Ma Honey?" is a new show from the president of OneUnited Bank. Teri Williams asks guests to unravel the shame that actually helped them get to where they are in life.

The 2026 Africana Arts and Humanities Festival highlights Black perspectives with the theme We, Too, Sing America: 250 years of Black Life and Culture.

Emmanuel George, one of Broward's preeminent historians, alongside his frequent collaborator David Paulo, has written 'Broward Chronicles: A Retrospective Volume One,' showcasing stories great and small of Broward's Black history.

This February marks 50 years since Congress recognized Black History Month. Recently, more than 300 Broward County high schoolers spent the day going deeper into learning how Black and Jewish activists came together to advocate for one another during the Civil Rights movement.

The exhibit highlights a key moment in the civil rights movement where heavily armed police cracked down on peaceful protestors. Its organizers say it bears a striking similarity to the present.

Black Art Matters is back in downtown West Palm Beach. The free weekly series shines a spotlight on young and emerging Black artists from across Palm Beach County during Black History Month.

The first woman to perform mayoral duties in Miami was also the city's first Black commissioner, and a pioneer for Black and women's rights throughout Florida.