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Confederacy
The Scoop: Thurs., September 28, 2023 Tampa Bay & Florida headlines by WMNF
Progress Village’s solar progress Progress Village, in Eastern Hillsborough County, is claiming the title of the first Black community in Florida to adopt a solar...
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Progress Village becomes Florida’s first Black community to build solar microgrid
In Eastern Hillsborough County, Progress Village is claiming the title of the first Black community in Florida to adopt a solar microgrid. A coalition of...
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“Uhuru 3” make motion to dismiss the case against their leaders this week
Three of the Americans affiliated with a Black empowerment and political organization are moving to have their case dismissed tomorrow in court. The FBI raided...
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Preserving History and Community
The Jackson House gets a historical marker and $1 million dollars for renovation. The boarding house which housed Black travelers to Tampa, FL during segregation...
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MidPoint: The Florida Redistricting Litigation with the League of Women Voters
The DeSantis-crafted redistricting plan was ruled unconstitutional. That ruling is now on appeal to the Florida Supreme Court. If upheld, it could result in...
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The Politics of Terror
An analysis of the political terror across the spectrum. Republicans threaten AIDS/HIV funding to the world’s poor because of possible abortion funding. note: The program,...
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Radioactivity Wednesday: Sarasota artist challenges white supremacy symbols
February 17, 2021 Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll talk with a local artist who is using his art to confront symbols of racism and turning some of those symbols...
Radioactivity Tuesday: Local artist uses his craft to attack racism and the Confederacy
July 28, 2020 Good morning, welcome to radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Today we’ll speak with a local artist who is trying to raise awareness about a Confederate monument near Bradenton. But first, we’ll hear about...
Protesters chant “Take it down!” at Tampa Confederate monument
About sixty protesters chanted “Take it down!” in front of a monument to Confederate soldiers outside a Hillsborough Courts administration building in downtown Tampa Tuesday morning; they were there for a press conference criticizing last week’s...
Loca African American multimedia artist reimagines controversial minstrel standard “Dixie”
Today on Midpoint, we talk with Sarasota-based musician John Sims, whose latest album the AfroDixie Remixes contains a reimagined versions of the American classic “I wish I was in Dixie”, a song written in the mid 1800’s...
