The rain held off long enough, and the AfroCAN Juneteenth went down last Sunday at downtown Tampa’s Perry Harvey Sr. Park, named for a civil rights activist and union leader who advanced rights of Black longshoremen.

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Photographer Jesi Cason showcases ‘Alt Tampa’ at exhibition closing on June 14

Former Tampa Bay Bucs TE Kyle Rudolph is selling his Davis Islands home

‘The Guest House,’ a Winter Haven home designed by famed Florida architect Gene Leedy, is now for sale

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