Oak Hammock
The Oak Hammock oral history project is aimed at tracing the origin of the retirement community in Gainesville, Florida. Interviews began on February 10, 2022. To view the interviews, please […]
A Community Listening Event
Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 5:30 pm to 7:30pm
The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center
For more information, please contact:Dr. Amanda Concha-Holmes amanda.d.concha.holmes@gmail.com
We’re Tired of Asking
On February 2, the Matheson History Museum will open its newest exhibit: “We’re Tired of Asking: Black Thursday and Civil Rights at the University of Florida.”
SPOHP Spring 2022 Open House
Come join us for SPOHP’s Spring 2022 open house on Tuesday, January 25 at 1:00 PM! We will be meeting in Pugh Hall with food, giveaways, and information about our program. See you there!
Book Launch
Join us on Zoom or SPOHP’s FB on January 27 at 3:00 pm to listen to co-editors Jake Gordon and Paul Ortiz and various chapter authors, as they discuss the making of the book African American Studies: 50 Years at the University of Florida.
Oral History of Civil Rights: Old Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Instructor: Cleary Larkin, Ph.D.
The Old Mount Carmel Baptist Church (dedicated 1944) became an epicenter of Gainesville’s Civil Rights movement when Reverend Thomas A. Wright arrived in 1962 …
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Reanimating African American Oral Histories of the Gulf South
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, UF Department of Linguistics, the All Yall Social Justice Collective, and George A. Smathers Libraries are proud to announce our collaborative project: Reanimating African […]
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