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Joan Jett and the Blackhearts to play the Ocoee Music Festival this spring
By Matthew Moyer
Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, Concert Announcements, Bill Breeze Park, Ocoee, Joan Jett, The BlackHearts, Night Ranger, Music, Concert, Show, Tour, Ocoee Music Festival
Two men arrested following racially motivated attack on Sanford teen's car
By Patricia Tolley and Alex Galbraith
Tags: Orlando Area News, Sanford, racism, crime, Audio
Mills 50 restaurant King Cajun Crawfish films Orlando woman going on racist rant after she was denied a refund
By Patricia Tolley
Tags: Food News, King Cajun, Mills 50, racism, Orlando, hate crimes, Instagram
Florida is firing back against a lawsuit attempting to block DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE Act’
Lawyers argued that DeSantis and other Republican leaders ‘banned ... opinions about race that stuck in their craw.’
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, woke, racism, discrimination, education, CRT, schools, employee training
UCF professor fired following controversial tweets about 'Black privilege' has job reinstated
An arbitrator ruled that UCF did not provide 'just cause' in firing Negy
By Alex Galbraith
Tags: Orlando Area News, UCF, University of Central Florida, BLM, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, Twitter, Slideshow
'Go Ninja Go' to Ocoee Music Fest this weekend for two free nights of performances including Vanilla Ice and Tone Loc
Tags: Live Music Picks + Previews, Ocoee Music Fest, Orlando, Central Florida, Music, Live Music, Festival, Ocoee, Vanilla Ice, Founders Day Festival, 1990s, Bill Breeze Park
Florida legislature passes measure to create office of 'election cops'
By Jim Saunders, NSF
Tags: Florida News, Elections + Politics, Florida, elections, voting, voter fraud, voter suppression
Florida House moves forward with elections restrictions in spite of ongoing court case
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, House, Ron DeSantis, elections, Donald Trump, GOP, Republicans, voting, voter suppression
Despite racist fearmonging from Rep. Anthony Sabatini, migrant workers in Maitland are in country legally
Tags: Bloggytown, Maitland, farm workers, Anthony Sabatini, protests, racism
Ocoee congressman pushes to make Juneteenth paid state holiday
By News Service of Florida
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, Juneteenth, Randolph Bracy, Ocoee
Senators call on President Biden to pardon all nonviolent cannabis offenders
By Lee DeVito
Tags: Bloggytown, marijuana, cannabis, legalization, legislation, decriminalize, expunge, racism
Florida's new election law brings increased costs, reduced service in several counties
By Natalia Galicza, Fresh Take Florida
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, elections, Ron DeSantis, voter suppression, GOP, Republicans, voting
Activist groups demand to see Heritage Foundation's records regarding Florida's voter suppression laws
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, voter suppression, elections, vote-by-mail, Heritage Foundation, GOP
Florida rep. Matt Gaetz defends racist 'replacement theory' after Tucker Carlson shares it with viewers
Tags: Bloggytown, Matt Gaetz, Florida, GOP, racism, Tucker Carlson, Fox News
Florida rep's bill to ban ‘race or sex scapegoating’ sparks a call to teach African American history year round
By Trimmel Gomes, Florida News Connection
Tags: Bloggytown, CRT, critical race theory, Randy Fine, Florida, racism, sexism
Gov. Ron DeSantis' budget vetoes took money from Ocoee massacre documentary, Mead Botanical Garden nature trail
Tags: Bloggytown, Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, budgets, Ron DeSantis, Ocoee
Free meals will be provided to those in need this Saturday at Ocoee drive-thru food distribution event
Tags: Bloggytown, McCraney Property Company, Food Distribution, Free Meals, Pandemic, Florida, Ocoee, Central Florida, Second Harvest Food Bank, Fresh Produce, Giving
Orange County Regional History Center offers last chance to see groundbreaking exhibition on the Ocoee Massacre with a virtual tour Thursday
Tags: The Gist, Orange County Regional History Center, Yesterday This Was Home: The Ocoee Massacre of 1920, Ocoee, History, Exhibit, Tour, Virtual, Last Chance, Local History
Disney Parks share further additions to Jungle Cruise ride
Tags: The Gist, Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney, Jungle Cruise, racism, theme parks
Florida Senate passes bill that would make it harder to vote by mail
By Dara Kam, NSF
Tags: Bloggytown, state legislature, Florida Senate, voting, vote-by-mail, ballots, voter suppression
Orlando radio station WUCF chronicles the legacy of civil rights martyrs with 'Moore Project'
By Melissa Perez-Carrillo
Tags: Bloggytown, UCF, Brevard County, Orlando, Civil Rights Movement, Florida, racism, segregation, Moore Cultural complex
New travel guide showcases the South's embrace of civil rights tourism, but Florida is left out
By Ken Storey
Tags: The Gist, Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail, Book, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Racism, Black Community, African Americans, Florida, Central Florida, Orange County, Travel, Book, Guide, Historical Sites, Museums, Deborah D. Douglas
Orlando lawmaker wants to expand scholarships for victims of 1920 Ocoee massacre
By Jim Turner, NSF
Tags: Bloggytown, Florida, Ocoee, Bracy, reparations, theft, generational wealth, education
Florida Legislative Black Caucus calls for 'fair and just' police reforms
By Ryan Dailey, NSF
Tags: Bloggytown, policing, police reform, defund, Black Lives Matter, BLM
Disney has promised greater diversity. These Imagineers are charged with making sure that happens
Tags: The Gist, Disney, diversity, racism, problematic, inclusion
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Phone conversations with law enforcement can be recorded without their consent, court says
By Vivienne Serret, Fresh Take Florida
'It's unjust': Florida Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning local heat safety and wage laws
By McKenna Schueler
Amid Universal’s epic reveals, Disney confirms updated expansion plans for Orlando parks
By Chelsea Zukowski
The castle-like remains of an eccentric scholar's unfinished artist sanctuary is now on the market in Florida. Located in Monticello, near Tallahassee,…
By Colin Wolf
It was a gorgeous day of "music, art and freedom" when the Florida Groves Festival returned to the Orlando Amphitheater at the…
By Matt Keller Lehman
A mid-century modern gem has just hit the market in Orlando. The residence, located at 1928 Monterey Ave. near the Country Club of…
By Chloe Greenberg
Orlandoans turned out in force for the Yes on 4 Campaign Launch and rally this weekend. The afternoon event at Lake Eola…
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