afro-americans-history
family reunion came courtesy of online ancient records; a.russell found wealth of info about chisholm family, who livedhere until 1916 (picture), Nov 14, 2004
african-american grandparents to reminisce about childhood, share bits of black history (picture), Feb 01, 2005
slaves gave life to gainesville, archer via work on railroads; yulee railroad was built almost entirely with slave labor(picture), Feb 20, 2005
lynchings were problem in this area from about 1880s to 1940s; alachua, marion counties had state's highest number oflynchings on record (picture), Sep 01, 2005
scars remain from night in 1916 when newberry mob lynched 6 african-americans; box inside lists county lynchings from1891 to 1926 (picture), Sep 01, 2005
j. johnson of rap city speaks today at reitz, Jan 31, 2006
documentary tells of whoopi goldberg's family ties to area (picture), Feb 01, 2006
blacks on dudley farm remembered: a project will shed light on the role they played (picture), Feb 01, 2006
uf professor s.dickson's film about forgotten civil-rights figure to air on pbs (picture), Feb 01, 2006
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