The 500 year story of Florida's first livestock. mp3 | 5:17 | ||
Two historians look at a Florida tradition and its long and sometimes turbulent relationship with the state's inhabitants. mp3 | 5:54 | ||
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 | 1:10 | ||
A historian explains how Florida became a preferred destination for major league baseball clubs in the early spring months. mp3 | 5:38 | ||
Some of the people who suffered through the 1964 civil rights struggles in St. Augustine tell their stories. mp3 | 6:00 | ||
Some important aspects of Florida's African American history that have been overlooked in the Nation's Oldest City. mp3 | 07:18 | ||
The mythology and folklore surrounding the St. Johns River. mp3 | 6:14 | ||
A profile of one of Florida's best-known activists and writers, in his own words. mp3 | 06:15 | ||
Florida's legendary folklorist and activist tells of a series of visits from another legendary character. mp3 | 6:54 | ||
In the 1930s, legendary Florida writer and activist Stetson Kennedy goes on a Key West retreat, observing and participating in the local culture mp3 | 5:04 | ||
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" mp3 | 04:39 | ||
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. mp3 | 6:15 | ||
Lifetime residents reminisce about the rise and fall of their small Central Florida "company" town mp3 | 07:25 | ||
The voices of some of the people whose lives are connected with Florida's most famous river. mp3 | 06:10 | ||
Some surprising facts about a historic town on Florida's west coast. mp3 | 06:11 | ||
A South Florida storyteller works to educate the public to the value of stories as an art form that promotes cross-cultural understanding. mp3 | 5:02 | ||
Key West honors a playwright who combined poetry and drama to create a new style of American theater. mp3 | 6:30 | ||
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 | ||
A book looks at the life of a man whose home designs set the tone for a Central Florida community. mp3 | 6:10 | ||
The story of the great ditch that was to cut the Florida peninsula in half to create depression jobs and, later, political capital. mp3 | 7:02 | ||
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. mp3 | 06:34 | ||
A popular tourist site in downtown Tallahassee houses artifacts telling the story of the African American experience in Florida. mp3 | 5:02 | ||
The authors of a book about South Florida's most powerful Indian tribe talk about their legacy. mp3 | 5:36 | ||
Scholars and circus owners discuss the key role played by the Sunshine State in the history of the circus in the US. mp3 | 06:38 | ||
The story of Jacksonville's civil rights struggles of the 1950s and 60s. mp3 | 6:02 | ||
Archaeologists work on a computer program to allow Floridians to view priceless artifacts recovered from a site on an island near St. Petersburg. mp3 | 6:21 | ||
A philosopher looks at how a sense of environmental ethics may offer solutions to Florida's environmental problems. mp3 | 06:43 | ||
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. mp3 | 6:46 | ||
An unseen army of immigrant farmworkers endure marginal living conditions to harvest food for Floridians. mp3 | 6:15 | ||
A film historian details the rise and fall of Jacksonville's budding movie industry of the early 1900s mp3 | 5:04 | ||
In-depth summer seminars for teachers allow them to feel better informed as well as better appreciated for their hard work. mp3 | 4:55 | ||
Two scholars discuss the reasons for the continued migration into Florida throughout history, as well as the problems that have resulted. mp3 | 06:40 | ||
Two scholars discuss the elusive nature of what has become known as the "Florida Dream" mp3 | 06:40 | ||
The beginnings of the country's longest-running state folk festival. mp3 | 8:21 | ||
Folklorists seek out examples of customs, practices, and knowledge - learned the old-fashioned way - from the people. mp3 | 06:41 | ||
A map charting the depth and diversity of Florida's cultural heritage as reflected in its literary riches. mp3 | 06:18 | ||
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A ground-breaking project combines the voices and images of a collection of Florida folk and outsider artists for access on a web site. mp3 | 6:07 | ||
The story of the 1928 hurricane that devastated the farming area south of Lake Okeechobee, killing an untold number of migrant farm workers. mp3 | 5:00 | ||
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. mp3 | 6:16 | ||
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. mp3 | 5:21 | ||
A group of experts discuss the state of philanthropic giving in Florida, as well as some of the issues around giving. mp3 | 6:03 | ||
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. mp3 | 06:22 | ||
Survivors and their liberators tell their personal stories mp3 | 5:25 | ||
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. mp3 | 5:04 | ||
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. mp3 | 06:44 | ||
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. mp3 | 4:55 | ||
On the outskirts of Florida's most populous county, archaeologists uncover the remains of a massive canoe a thousand years old. mp3 | 5:04 | ||
The discovery of the unpublished manuscript of a visionary 19th century archaeologist sheds new light on our understanding of Florida's prehistoric peoples. mp3 | 6:02 | ||
The architect who designed some of Miami's most outrageous hotels and homes talks about his work and the boisterous era that fostered it. mp3 | 5:04 |
Retired Weeki Wachee mermaids gather to relive some of their experiences from the golden days of one of the state's most unique attractions.
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The story of two flamboyant characters who shaped Florida's landscape and architectural heritage - for better or for worse.
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Remembering a time when moonshining was a way of life for a surprising number of rural Floridians.
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Small communities around Florida seek to revitalize their towns by commissioning large public murals on the sides of town buildings.
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Florida's "state reptile" has had a long and colorful relationship with people, as alligators are inextricably intertwined with our state's culture.
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Celebrating books written by Florida writers, the awards recognize our state's talent.
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Can Florida tourism be restructured to be more resource-based? Two pioneering tourism experts discuss possibilities for Heritage/environmental tourism in the Sunshine State.
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A restored Key West architectural treasure whose story echoes the city's history.
mp3 | 5:46
A University of Florida project to capture and document the stories told by the real people who made Florida's history.
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Scholars study the lives of women charged with the raising and culturing of children in the African American community.
mp3 | 06:39
While the war of 1812 was being fought between the United States and England the Florida peninsula was the scene of a chaotic undeclared war between Spain and the US.
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Hoping to give visitors a sense of connection to our state government, a Tallahassee museum recreates the Florida capitol's legislative and court chambers of 1902.
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A Central Florida trial of a program designed to help people rise out of poverty and need by giving them tools in the form of courses in the Humanities.
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How the way Floridians view the threat of hurricanes has changed down through history, from private disasters to public media events.
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Quiltmakers talk about their craft at an event held in Zora Neale Hurston's hometown.
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An oral history project seeks to document the lives and challenges faced by African American railroad workers in the first part of the 20th century.
mp3 | 06:43
A group of writers trying to protect the waters and landscape of their part of Florida.
mp3 | 6:00
Two Florida historians author the first definitive history of the three Seminole wars.
mp3 | 6:19
A scholar talks about the rise and fall of the sponging industry in Florida, and spongers talk about their own heritage.
mp3 | 5:57
A well-known Florida writer and activist talks about his lifelong struggles for equality and social justice.
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The frontier family whose lives helped shape and define South Florida.
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Why one North Florida river has had such an attraction for novelists, songwriters, and poets in our state's history
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The Library of Congress mounts an ambitious project to collect and preserve oral histories from thousands of American veterans.
mp3 | 6:15
A new book details the struggles of a young would-be lawyer's fight for justice.
mp3 | 6:17
Two of Florida's top female crime/mystery writers talk about their work
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The story of an unlikely group of immigrants and their attempt to establish a farming colony on Florida's east coast.
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Scholars discuss how Florida has become home to more than a million "home on wheels"
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A Ft. Myers museum documents the famous inventor's time in Florida.
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Seeking the "good society," a linguist reveals how black and white styles of communication can often lead to conflict, and what we can do to work around these differences.
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Scholars debate the separation of church and state in light of struggles both in the Middle East and here in the US.
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Two scholars imagine what Florida might have been if history had taken a different turn in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
mp3 | 5:35
The story of the Little White House, the vacation retreat of president Harry Truman, in the 1940s and 50s
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Sally Watt reports from Wewahitchka, in the Florida Panhandle, on the Lanier family, which has tended bees and gathered Tupelo honey for over 100 years.
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A dark chapter in Florida history is remembered by Stetson Kennedy.
mp3 | 06:57
Have Floridians' culinary habits changed over the last 500 years? A UF professor designs a program to enlighten Floridians about the history surrounding the everyday foods we choose to eat.
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A Florida historian reveals how violence became a way of life in many parts of the state in the years following the Civil War.
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A Cuban exile poet has no problem mixing poetry and politics while enjoying his home in Florida.
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A book collects the stories of those who had grown up along the banks of a river that has been both home and livelihood.
mp3 | 5:32
New Urbanist architects discuss what works in Florida's towns and neighborhoods, and what is sill possible in building our future
mp3 | 5:03
Two experts discuss what this new movement is and what it means for Floridians' quality of life.
mp3 | 5:40
Historians describe unsuccessful early attempts to colonize North America, ending with the founding of St. Augustine.
mp3 | 5:05
The story of an intrepid Florida explorer and pioneering adventurer who documented the wilds of Florida beginning in the 18th century.
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Was 18th century Florida explorer William Bartram a visionary? Two scholars describe his values regarding the natural world as very similar to our own in the 21st century.
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A group of Florida women discuss their successes and challenges in a profession once reserved for men.
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Some of Florida's pioneering female architects talk about their triumphs and challenges in a field traditionally dominated by men.
mp3 | 06:27
Did the experiences of Florida women who worked in the war effort in the 1940s help pave the way for the women's movement twenty years later? Two scholars reveal some little-known facts about Florida's women in wartime.
mp3 | 06:40
Thousands of Florida women step in to fill jobs vacated by men sent to war.
mp3 | 5:01
An eminent Florida historian tells the story of a little-known part of America's World War II history: when merchant ships were sunk and Nazi spies landed on Florida's coastline.
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Airmen, soldiers, and sailors tell of their experiences training in Florida during World War II.
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With its year-round warm weather, Florida becomes home to a host of bases for training airmen during the war.
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