While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the nation's founding.

The Historical Society of Bay County will host a free event highlighting the history of Glenwood. The event, featuring speaker and author Myron Hines, will take place at the Bay County Public ...

PANAMA CITY — The Historical Society of Bay County plans to host an event showcasing the history of Glenwood, which was once a bustling Black business district. The program is titled “A Look ...

Teaming up with Florida State University's Strozier Library, they are in the process of digitizing and putting the issues on the Tallahassee Historical Society website. Apalachee 2.0 ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Historical Society of Bay County’s Kenny Redd stops by the studio to promote its Archaeology of Northwest Florida program. Dr. Della Scott Ireton will give a ...

Florida continues to lead the country in pulling books from school libraries, according to analyses by the American Library Association and the advocacy group PEN America.

Florida has rejected dozens of social studies textbooks and worked with publishers to edit dozens more, the state’s education department announced on Tuesday, in the latest effort under Gov. Ron ...

Knowles: ‘When we recognize the push to make Juneteenth a national holiday was led by an educator — it highlights the ...

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A school district in northeast Florida must put back in libraries three dozen books as part of a settlement reached Thursday with students and parents who sued over ...

Books bans are not, of course, limited to Florida, but they amplify the “Floriduh” caricature, the narrative that the state is a cultural wasteland, home only to sunburned retirees, drunk ...

Books dumped en masse at Florida's New College, sparking controversy. Activists found books by or about women, LGBTQ identities and people of color. By Kiara Alfonseca. August 16, 2024, 2:05 PM.

From the supernatural in the Panhandle to a Florida farmworker turned star chef — WLRN has combed through NPR's expertly-curated annual list to find books written by South Floridians or that ...