SPOHP researcher Dr. Yiorgo Topalidis was recently interviewed on Grecian Echoes – WNTN 1550AM Boston about the Ottoman Greeks of the US Digital History Project and the White Anti-racist Activism Digital History Project.
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Today is a great day in the state of Florida! I’m writing to inform you that the University of Florida Academic Senate has just voted unanimously to award Attorney John Due the Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters.
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Vietnam War Veteran and Veterans For Peace activist Scott Camil is the subject of a new graphic novel by Eve Gilbert titled Winter Warrior.
The Cotton Club site consists of the Cotton Club/Blue Note (often referred to as the Hall), the Perryman Grocery Store, and four shot-gun houses. All of the buildings are on the 1950 Sanborn Map in their current locations. The CCMCC project aims to restore for adaptive use all six buildings, creating a heritage tourism destination that will provide a glimpse of African American life during the period of racial segregation in the United States.
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Participate in a public dialogue between founding members of UF’s Institute of Hispanic-Latino Cultures, known as “La Casita,” and those who were there during its earliest years. Our participants include […]
Under the direction of Jeffrey Pufahl, the College of the Arts presented the premier of the documentary play Voices from the March in January 2018 during the closing ceremonies of […]
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Click this link for a videotaped version (87 min.) of the 8/28 book talk presented at Smathers Library East by Dr. Paul Ortiz, Director of SPOHP, on his recent book: […]
SPOHP hopes you enjoy listening to a radio interview with UF history student Julian Valdivia on Gulf Coast Live on WGCU from July 31st, “UF Student Oral Histories From Community […]
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Welcoming Gainesville and Alachua County and the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida are holding a public event titled “Home Away from Home: Remembering Refugees in Florida” on September 20, 2018 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm at Pugh Hall Ocora (296 Buckman Drive Gainesville FL 32611). The event will feature the oral history of refugees in Jacksonville, Florida, collected by Seyeon Hwang, a doctoral student in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Florida, and various state-wide and national efforts in refugee advocacy, followed by a talk-back session with refugees and refugee resettlement professionals from Florida.
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Check out these reflections our students wrote just after their successful and exciting trips doing oral history fieldwork in the Mississippi Delta as part of our Mississippi Freedom Project! The […]
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As we work diligently on our documentary project on the history of Institute of Black Culture and Institute of Hispanic and Latino Affairs, today we commemorate the one-year anniversary of […]
SPOHP Undergraduate Research Coordinator Oliver Tesluma and undergraduate Political Science major, as well as SPOHP alums Assistant Professor Jessica Taylor of Virginia Tech and George Washington University doctoral student Candice Ellis, presented papers at the 8th National Civil Rights Conference, which took place on June 17-20, 2018 in Meridian and Philadelphia, Mississippi. This year’s conference theme was “Lets Rise, Advocate, Educate and Cooperate.” Their papers were presented during a panel presentation entitled, Recording Civil Rights History: the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) and the Mississippi Freedom Project.
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“Samuel Proctor became the first UF Historian and Archivist when he was still a PhD student. He never left the role. Proctor was heavily involved with UF, so much so […]
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Dr. Paul Ortiz and SPOHP will take part in developing UF undergrad courses on Intersections of Global Blackness and Latinx Identity through an Intersections Research-Into-Teaching Grant from the Center for […]
“Marta Rivera felt uneasy a few weeks ago when she arrived at Pugh Hall on the University of Florida campus. She was there to watch, for the first time, a […]
Laura Mae Dixie, known as “the Mother of the Movement in Tallahassee, Florida,” passed away last month at the age of 92. Her life is a testament to the oft-forgotten role of African-American working-class people — especially women — in the making of the modern civil rights movement in the South. (Photo by Deborah Hendrix.)
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Please join military veterans and their families for a special Veterans Day film screening of the play “Telling Gainesville.” Telling Gainesville is part of a nationwide initiative by the National […]
On January 27th, our Fall interns and staff will be performing an original multi-media play titled Voices from the March at the 2018 UF Social Justice Summit. A collaboration between the Samuel […]
SPOHP is looking for undocumented UF students to be interviewed for an oral history project. Please share with anyone who might be interested in participating. For more information direct message […]
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Gainesville residents and UF community: there are ways to help the Immokalee community by dropping off goods at multiple on-campus locations. Items will be transported to Immokalee first on September […]
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP)’s Florida Queer History Project is partnering with First Magnitude Brewing Company to bring you “A Pride Extravaganza” on October 15! The event will […]
Mississippi Freedom Fieldwork Panel Presentation Ustler Hall Wednesday, Sept. 27th 3:00 PM On Wednesday the 27th the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program will host a panel of students to discuss […]
We wanted to share a sheet that the directors of the IC-Race (Immigration, Critical Race and Cultural Equity) Lab at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Drs. Nayeli Y. Chavez- […]
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September 29th from noon to 2 PM, SPOHP is hosting an Open House in the SPOHP office to welcome students and faculty alike to get acquainted with our program, staff and dozens of exciting on […]
SPOHP intern Chelsey Hendry Simmons attended the Defend DACA/Save TPS Rally at Orlando City Hall. The rally was held just one hour after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the […]
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MCDA is proud to present: Anti-Racism Education Week. Come join us as we engage in an event series on anti-racism education, self-care, and education on the first amendment. This is […]
“Since 2005, the Gainesville Latino Film Festival has featured hundreds of groundbreaking, highly acclaimed and thought-provoking films from Latin America. In 2017, our mission continues: to afford Gainesville the unique opportunity to […]
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For the past three years, a team of student researchers has traveled with SPOHP to the Tidewater region of Virginia to gather over 150 oral histories from watermen, veterans, and […]
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Marcela Murillo and Chad Chavira participated in our 10th Annual Mississippi Freedom Project trip last month. Check out their op-ed, “Effects of Till’s Murder Still Felt Today,” through which they […]
On June 10th a group of researchers set out to document Pride weekend events in Washington, D.C. Once again in partnership with the UF Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women Studies Research, […]
On June 8th, 1967, Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats launched a ferocious two-hour attack on and attempted to sink the USS Liberty as she sailed under a U.S. Flag in […]
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The Fall 2017 Internship Application is now open! SPOHP’s semester-long academic internship is available to graduate and undergraduate students for credit as an introduction to the field of oral history. The […]
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SPOHP’s Michael Barry was featured in the Gainesville Sun in his Op-ed, on the heels of the Sanders-Cruz debate, about the need for more broadcasted Senate debates to enhance public […]
Filmmaker Michael Honey raves about a successful turn out at a screening of Love and Solidarity at The Grand Cinema in Tacoma, Washington. Friends, In Tacoma last night, the Grand […]
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As a response to the June 12 massacre at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, project coordinator Holland Hall believes that the Queer community can be empowered through documenting their own life […]
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Raja Rahim researched the coaching years of legendary basketball coach John B. McLendon for her graduate thesis at NCCU, featured here in the “Campus Echo.” Raja will co-teach the fall […]
AAHP coordinators worked to digitize and transcribe a unique and valuable lecture by C.L.R. James–previously unpublished! Congratulations to the entire team for all the hard work that went into this discovery!
Keel, interviewed for the African American History Project and Veterans History Project last summer about his World War II service, is featured in February’s edition of Senior Times magazine.
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Peggy Macdonald, Executive Director of the Matheson History Museum, wrote about SPOHP’s Veterans History Project and Coordinator Ann Smith in the Sun, highlighting the Nov. 11 collaborative Veterans Day public history program.
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For the past 20 years, Jones has been incorporating the practice of oral history in his International Baccalaureate American history classroom at Eastside High School, as highlighted in this feature […]
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Taylor wrote for the Summer/Fall 2015 Oral History Review, drawing from the Mississippi Freedom Project to discuss the preservation, commemoration, and rebirth of Mississippi’s Civil Rights Sites.
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Read about coverage in the Natchez Democrat of SPOHP’s recent Mississippi Freedom Project trip, including the “Unfinished Business, Race, Democracy, and the Ongoing Struggle for Civil Rights” panel with AAHP graduate coordinators.
Civil Rights Teaching, a project of Teaching for Change, highlighted the MFP publication released last year for the 50th Anniversary of Freedom Summer.
Brittany Hibbert, trip alum and soon-to-be UF grad, featured last year’s Mississippi Freedom Project research trip celebrating the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer through Gator Treks with the University of Florida Alumni […]
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Gainesville Sun writer Jeff Schweers explores the recent decline in enrollment of black students at the University of Florida. Hugh Rozelle Collection staff member Jennifer Thelusema shares her experience.
Anna Hamilton of the Southern Foodways Alliance highlighted “Gator Tales” in the organization’s blog.
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The Gainesville Sun’s Guardian covered the “Gator Tales” production in “Student experiences come alive in ‘Gator Tales,’” by Cleveland Tinker.
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The Gainesville Sun Scene section highlights “Gator Tales” with Dr. Paul Ortiz, director Kevin Marshall, and actress Chelsi Stancil. By Brittany Valencic.
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Dr. Jack Davis highlighted SPOHP’s recent research trip to North Carolina for the Appalachian Social Change Project, organized by graduate coordinator Jessica Taylor and Dr. Scott Huffard of Lees-McRae College, assistant professor of history and […]
Graduate coordinator Jessica Taylor wrote for the OUP blog about SPOHP’ers visiting and presenting at the recent Oral History Association conference in Madison, WI. Click to read more!
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The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities sponsored SPOHP’s inaugural Fieldwork in Folklore trip to Virginia to conduct oral histories focusing on landscape changes and the relationship between local culture, memory, and […]
“Oral history festival to be held in Mathews,” The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, October 8, 2014. The Virginia Fieldwork in Folklore research trip, organized by SPOHP graduate coordinator Jessica Taylor, was announced by […]
“Oral history project underway,” by Sherry Hamilton, The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal, September 3, 2014. In anticipation of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program’s annual Virginia Fieldwork in Folklore trip, The Gloucester-Mathews Gazette-Journal wrote about […]
“Eleven UF students to research oral history traditions in Virginia,” by Veronica Lopresti Mingrone, The Independent Florida Alligator, Saturday, September 29, 2014. In October, SPOHP will launch an inaugural folklore and history […]
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The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program is the Oral History Association’s featured institutional member this month. Click to see the spotlight, and thank you for your continued support!
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“Treasures of Panama Canal history reside at UF,” by Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald, Saturday, August 9, 2014. The Miami Herald featured information about UF’s Panama Canal history collections in time for […]
“Living History: UF Program Captures Memories Through Recordings,” by Amanda Williamson, Senior Times, August 2014. Pick up a copy or read online today! Senior Times, Gainesville’s local award-winning resource for active […]
“UF students travel to interview veterans of 1964 Freedom Summer,” by Jeff Schweers, The Gainesville Sun, June 27, 2014. The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program returned to the Mississippi Delta and […]
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“Mississippi Summer of 1964: A Santa Clara County judge recalls voting rights struggle,” San Jose Mercury News, by Len Edwards, June 19, 2014. In the summer of 1964, Len Edwards, then a […]
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“Civil rights: Crowd hears rabbis’ riveting story,” The St. Augustine Record, by Laura Hampton, Wednesday, June 18, 2014. On Tuesday, June 17, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program recorded oral history […]
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“Joel Buchanan: A giant of Florida human rights, history and storytelling,” The Gainesville Sun, by Paul Ortiz, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. In the Gainesville Sun, Ortiz remembers legendary historian Joel Buchanan. [Buchanan] was an […]
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“Several give stark accounts of segregation-era racism,” The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, March 12, 2014. The Gainesville Sun highlighted SPOHP’s public history program, “The Florida Civil Rights Struggle: Past […]
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“UF students get immersed in the history of civil rights,” The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, March 10, 2014. In preparation for the upcoming public history program, “The Florida Civil Rights […]
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Paul Ortiz: We Must Ensure Latinos Have Better Access to Healthcare, The Gainesville Sun, by Paul Ortiz, February 2014. In this editorial published in the Gainesville Sun, Dr. Paul Ortiz, director of […]
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ReVisioning Black History Month: Linking African American and Latino Histories, Beacon Broadside, by Paul Ortiz, February 24, 2014. Dr. Paul Ortiz, director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program and […]
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Sign up with StoryCorps to share a life story for posterity, The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, January 22, 2014. From February 26 to March 7, StoryCorps will be interviewing North […]
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UF Oral History director merges academics and activism, The Gainesville Sun, by Jovahn Huertas, January 3, 2014. Dr. Paul Ortiz, the director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, was recently […]
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How to Get Funding for Public History, History News Network, by David Austin Walsh, January 2, 2014. The History News Network recently published the following article to highlight the ways in […]
“Siempre Adelante: A Look at Faith and the Immigrant Struggle” and “History and the people who make it: Allen Cooper,” The Gainesville Iguana, from the SPOHP Archives and Jessica Taylor, November/December […]
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Paul Ortiz: Honoring all of Florida’s military veterans, The Gainesville Sun, by Dr. Paul Ortiz, November 10, 2013. Dr. Paul Ortiz wrote the following editorial for The Gainesville Sun on Veterans Day weekend […]
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“Oral History of Coastal Change,” Planning for Coastal Change in Levy County, by Trey Bonds, October 28, 2013. Planning for Coastal Change in Levy County examines scientific studies and oral histories […]
“Coming home at last; Stetson Kennedy’s work to reside at UF,” The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, October 22, 2013. On October 22, 2013, a symposium of events celebrated the donation […]
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“Events mark acquisition; UF celebrates Stetson Kennedy’s work” The Gainesville Sun, by Jeff Schweers, October 23, 2013. On October 22, 2013, a symposium of events celebrated the donation of Stetson Kennedy’s papers […]
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“UF Oral History Program Digs Deep in the Delta” from the Groundswell Blog, October 4, 2013. Groundswell: Oral History for Social Change is a dynamic, active network of oral historians, […]
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“Congratulations to Falana McDaniel and the Samuel Proctor Program” from the McComb Legacies Project Blog, October 10, 2013. In 2012 and 2013, the McComb Legacies Project from McComb High School […]
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‘“The cool guys in Gloucester, the cool girls in Mathews”: Oral History Reveals Courtship Strategies of Gloucester Youth in the 1940s and 50s’ from the Fairfield Foundation. In August, The […]
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“Gainesville 8 Reunion Brings Recollections, No Regrets,” The Gainesville Sun, by Ron Cunningham, September 8, 2013. August 31, 2013 marked the fortieth anniversary of the acquittal of eight Vietnam veterans, the […]
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Tananarive Due, daughter of civil rights activists Patricia Stephens Due and John Due, remembers the March on Washington from her parents’ stories. USA Today interviewed Tananarive about the event on […]
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