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The 500 year story of Florida's first livestock.
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Two historians look at a Florida tradition and its long and sometimes turbulent relationship with the state's inhabitants.
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Spring Hill Seminole Indians

The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council.
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Spring Training in Florida

A historian explains how Florida became a preferred destination for major league baseball clubs in the early spring months.
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St. Augustine 1964: Voices from the Civil Rights Movement

Some of the people who suffered through the 1964 civil rights struggles in St. Augustine tell their stories.
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St. Augustine’s African American History

Some important aspects of Florida's African American history that have been overlooked in the Nation's Oldest City.
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St. Johns – The Mythical River

The mythology and folklore surrounding the St. Johns River.
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Stetson Kennedy

A profile of one of Florida's best-known activists and writers, in his own words.
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Stetson Kennedy and Woody Guthrie

Florida's legendary folklorist and activist tells of a series of visits from another legendary character.
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Stetson Kennedy in Key West

In the 1930s, legendary Florida writer and activist Stetson Kennedy goes on a Key West retreat, observing and participating in the local culture
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Steven Tipton

Sociologist Steven Tipton in one of a series of talks exploring social behavior in the United States, part of a program titled "The Good Society"
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Steven Whitfield: The Florida Image

Does Florida have a distinct culture all its own? One scholar weighs in on the idea that our state's diversity inhibits the formation of any kind of clear image.
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Story of a Sawmill Town

Lifetime residents reminisce about the rise and fall of their small Central Florida "company" town
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Suwannee Voices

The voices of some of the people whose lives are connected with Florida's most famous river.
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Tarpon Springs

Some surprising facts about a historic town on Florida's west coast.
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Telling Tales in Two Languages

A South Florida storyteller works to educate the public to the value of stories as an art form that promotes cross-cultural understanding.
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Tennessee Williams in Florida

Key West honors a playwright who combined poetry and drama to create a new style of American theater.
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Tequesta Burial Ground

The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council.
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The Architecture of James Gamble Rogers

A book looks at the life of a man whose home designs set the tone for a Central Florida community.
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The Barge Canal: Florida’s Ditch of Dreams

The story of the great ditch that was to cut the Florida peninsula in half to create depression jobs and, later, political capital.
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The Batista Art Collection

In 1957, then Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, a resident of Daytona Beach in the 1940s and 50s, gave much of his extensive collection of Cuban art to "the people of Daytona Beach." An art scholar explains how the collection offers a rich insight into Cuban history and tradition.
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The Black Archives Museum

A popular tourist site in downtown Tallahassee houses artifacts telling the story of the African American experience in Florida.
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The Calusa and Their Legacy

The authors of a book about South Florida's most powerful Indian tribe talk about their legacy.
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The Circus in Florida

Scholars and circus owners discuss the key role played by the Sunshine State in the history of the circus in the US.
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The Civil Rights Movement in Jacksonville

The story of Jacksonville's civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s.
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The Culture of Weedon Island

Archaeologists work on a computer program to allow Floridians to view priceless artifacts recovered from a site on an island near St. Petersburg.
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The Environment – a Larger View

A philosopher looks at how a sense of environmental ethics may offer solutions to Florida's environmental problems.
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The Fakahatchee Strand

A scholar tells the story of Florida's primeval swamp preserve and collects oral histories of some of the people whose lives have become entwined with the wilderness area.
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The Farmworkers

An unseen army of immigrant farmworkers endure marginal living conditions to harvest food for Floridians.
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The First Hollywood

A film historian details the rise and fall of Jacksonville's budding movie industry of the early 1900s
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The Florida Center for Teachers

In-depth summer seminars for teachers allow them to feel better informed as well as better appreciated for their hard work.
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The Florida Dream

Two scholars discuss the reasons for the continued migration into Florida throughout history, as well as the problems that have resulted.
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The Florida Dream

Two scholars discuss the elusive nature of what has become known as the "Florida Dream"
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The Florida Folk Festival Story

The beginnings of the country's longest-running state folk festival.
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The Florida Folklife Project

Folklorists seek out examples of customs, practices, and knowledge - learned the old-fashioned way - from the people.
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The Florida Literary Map

A map charting the depth and diversity of Florida's cultural heritage as reflected in its literary riches.
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The Florida Travels of Amos J. Cummings

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The Folkvine Project

A ground-breaking project combines the voices and images of a collection of Florida folk and outsider artists for access on a web site.
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The Forgotten Storm

The story of the 1928 hurricane that devastated the farming area south of Lake Okeechobee, killing an untold number of migrant farm workers.
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The Freedom Riders

A Florida historian authors the definitive study of the intrepid students and others who risked life and limb for a belief in equality and civil rights.
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The Freedom Riders: An Update

A year after its publication, the author of the definitive history of the Freedom Riders talks about the decade-long labor interviewing many of the people involved.
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The Givers

A group of experts discuss the state of philanthropic giving in Florida, as well as some of the issues around giving.
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The Grandmothers

A play featuring a conversation between two African American women on their lives growing up in Florida focuses on the civil rights struggles in our state's history.
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The Holocaust: Lessons to Remember

Survivors and their liberators tell their personal stories
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The Key West of George Allan England

A New England science fiction writer visits Key West in the 1920s and invents many of the symbols used a decade later to lure tourists to the island.
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The Last Slave Ships

Illicit slave trading on the seas continued long after the United States declared it illegal in 1820. New findings suggest Florida may have played a role in finally ending the practice.
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The Lighthouse at Cape Florida

The story of the oldest building in South Florida: a lighthouse that has survived through the turbulent years of the 19th and into the 20th century.
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The Longest Canoe

On the outskirts of Florida's most populous county, archaeologists uncover the remains of a massive canoe a thousand years old.
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The Lost Writings of Frank Hamilton Cushing

The discovery of the unpublished manuscript of a visionary 19th century archaeologist sheds new light on our understanding of Florida's prehistoric peoples.
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The Man Who Made Miami Modern

The architect who designed some of Miami's most outrageous hotels and homes talks about his work and the boisterous era that fostered it.
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	Orange Blossom Boys A new book seeks to answer a historic question: who was the real author of the iconic Florida song "Orange Blossom Special." mp3 \| 7:00
	Orange Journalism A new book looks at a sampling of the leading newspaper journalists of Florida mp3 \| 6:45
	Outsiders and Visionaries A look at some "outsider" artists and how their work is gaining popularity, even as it becomes a sought-after commodity in upscale galleries nationwide. mp3 \| 5:04
	Overview The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:48
	Painting the Past on Marco Archaeologists have found a host of interesting artifacts from many different historic and prehistoric periods on and around this southwest Florida community. Now artists have been commissioned to create community interest by creating images of people and places from the island's past. mp3 \| 5:04
	Parallel Lives – A Dialogue on Race A play based on the parallel but contrasted experiences of two teenagers separated by the experience of Jim Crow. mp3 \| 6:18
	Past The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:28
	Patrick Smith The author of "A Land Remembered" shares some of his feelings about his adopted home. mp3 \| 06:02
	Paul George: Miami’s Walking Historian An educator takes to the streets of Miami to guide visitors and students toward an appreciation of "real Florida," urban style. mp3 \| 5:31
	Philosophy and the Environment A Florida philosopher looks at the historical thought patterns and values behind the way we perceive the natural world mp3 \| 5:23
	Pineapple Press The owners of a small publishing company brave the ups and downs of an uncertain business in their commitment to bring attention to Florida's culture and issues. mp3 \| 06:02
	Plagues and Cultural Choices Is humanity facing a new set of modern diseases like the medieval Black Plague? One scholar's book paints an ominous picture. mp3 \| 6:31
	Plundering Nature Florida's natural environment and wildlife has long been plundered for a quick profit. mp3 \| 6:34
	Poet Campbell McGrath A Miami poet reflects on his Florida experience - the history of the state, its landscape and its issues. mp3 \| 5:01
	Poet David Kirby Interview with a Tallahassee poet who writes in a free-flowing narrative style. mp3 \| 5:04
	Poet Enid Shomer A Florida poet talks about how growing up in the state has informed her book of short stories featuring women and their issues. mp3 \| 5:03
	Present The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:36
	Preserving Florida’s Pleasant Streets A group of Gainesville architects want to reacquaint members of a historically black community with their own architectural heritage mp3 \| 5:44
	Preserving Florida’s Ranchlands How can ranchlands, some of the last privately-owned undeveloped lands in Florida, be preserved for their cultural and environmental importance? mp3 \| 6:26
	Preserving Florida’s Special Places Actors speak the words of everyday Floridians in a play exploring their connection with a special piece of land. mp3 \| 5:03
	Railroad to Key West Historians tell the story of the rise and fall of the only railroad ever to span the Florida Keys, built by a persevering railroad magnate against all odds. mp3 \| 5:27
	Railway The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:42
	Ralph Middleton Monroe The story of a South Florida environmental pioneer and his unique home... mp3 \| 07:11
	Randy Wayne White Florida's watery coastal regions are characters in one novelist's crime/mystery books. mp3 \| 5:38
	Reclaiming the Kissimmee River A geologist talks about what man has done to the Kissimmee River, and how its history reflects our changing attitudes toward the natural world. mp3 \| 6:19
	Religion and the Common Good A panel of experts discuss how to best deal the cultures of fundamentalism and ultra-conservatism in our society. mp3 \| 5:52
	Remembering the Boatlift A journalist who came to the US on the Mariel Boatlift tells her story in a new book about the experience. mp3 \| 5:23
	Ricardo Pau-LLosa A Cuban poet talks about how the exile experience has shaped his work mp3 \| 06:24
	River-Rat_Jungle-Cruise The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 1:22
	Robert Frost in Florida Although poet Robert Frost never referenced Florida in any of his work, he spent 29 winters in the state. mp3 \| 5:50
	Robert Sherman – Visions in Education The views of an outspoken commentator on America's educational system. Robert Sherman offers a vision for the 21st century based on some basic truths. mp3 \| 06:29
	Robin Brown A southwest Florida man recreates some of the ways in which early Floridians created their world to discover how they lived and worked. mp3 \| 06:45
	Robin Morgan Can the "good society" exist in a society where gender differences abound? The former editor of Ms Magazine talks about what needs to happen first. mp3 \| 05:02
	RumRunners The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:58
	Ruskin The story of Ruskin, one of Florida's experimental Utopian communities, as told by a descendant of the founder. mp3 \| 07:35
	Santa Rosa’s Virtual Museum Creating a virtual museum to share the history and cultural artifacts that spotlight the rich heritage of one North Florida county. mp3 \| 5:03
	Santeria An academic endeavors to spread the truth about a controversial religion that has attracted many adherents in South Florida. mp3 \| 07:07
	Saving South Beach The struggles to save the historic buildings of Miami's "deco district" are detailed in a new book written by one of the activists. mp3 \| 5:35
	Scott and Zelda in Florida America's iconic novelist and his wife stay at the Don Cesar hotel on St. Petersburg Beach, one of a number of visits to the Sunshine State. mp3 \| 5:02
	ScrapMetal_WWII_Japan The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:36
	Seminary Street Interviews with members of a group wanting to bring awareness and civic pride to a historic African American community, now part of the city of Gainesville. mp3 \| 06:13
	Seminole Women How have 20th century changes in lifestyle impacted the women of the Seminole Indian tribe. mp3 \| 06:39
	Seminole-Indians_Cultural-Tourism The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:34
	Shipyards The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 1:01
	Shipyards_PostWWII The following is a clip from Miami: Reflection in the Water. Reflection in the water was produced by WPBT Channel 2 with funds from the Florida Humanities Council. mp4 \| 0:48
	Smallwood’s Store An unassuming building that played an important role in the frontier history of Southwest Florida's 10,000 islands region. mp3 \| 5:05
	South of the South: Civil Rights in Miami The author of a book on the civil rights struggles in Miami talks with some of the people who helped black Floridians in the pursuit of equallity. mp3 \| 5:58
	Southern Culture and the Blues A scholar discusses how music made by sharecroppers and former slaves has served as inspiration for an entire culture. mp3 \| 6:07
	Southern Journalists Remember A panel of southern journalists discuss the bad old days of southern news media mp3 \| 5:01

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