Every month is Black History Month, and Tampa is an endless well of opportunity for anyone looking to get learned. Fred Hearns, curator of Black history at the Tampa Bay History Center and Tampa’s Black History Museum, is the ultimate resource and he invites the community to East Tampa for a walk though College Hill, […]

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A Black history walking tour happens in Tampa’s College Hill this weekend

Tampa Bay History Center’s conversation about transit is already sold-out

Comedians recount Tampa’s 1958 ‘Snow Show’ disaster next week

Tampa City Ballet’s ‘La Septima’ takes Ybor back to the roaring 20s

Photos: Tampa Bay History Center has acquired the first map to show Florida

Craft riverboat hosts a Tampa history-filled lunch cruise this fall

Two new exhibits show how the 1920s completely changed Tampa Bay

Tampa native who protested for racial equity will speak at downtown’s restored St. James Episcopal Church

Lionel Ballard shares the history of Tampa’s historic Rogers Park Golf Course this weekend

Tampa Bay History Center explores the importance of Rogers Park at ‘Living History Saturday’ event

‘Cuban Pathways’ exhibition opens at Tampa Bay History Center in February

Fred Hearns readies one of Tampa Bay’s most ambitious Black history month celebrations

Mayor Pete Buttigieg stans for Biden in Tampa Bay, and shuts down a troll

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Tampa Bay History Center’s ‘Brick by Brick’ tells history through LEGOs

Paul Guzzo discusses Zion Cemetery reporting at Tampa Bay History Center next Tuesday

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Father’s Day food and drink specials around Tampa Bay

‘History by the Pint’ is on view at The Tampa History Center

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