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DreamLarge kicks off Gilbert Mural Initiative in Rosemary District

Sarasota Herald-Tribune DreamLarge recently celebrated the creation of a new mural in the Rosemary District in Sarasota, marking the commencement of the Gilbert Mural Initiative. The Gilbert Mural Initiative is a program that uses public art to highlight all chapters of the evolving neighborhood on the walls of the community’s own historic buildings. As part of the program, more than eight sites have been dedicated to Rosemary Art & Design District for future murals, each dedicated to illuminating the stories and figures from the district s not-so-distant past as Overtown, Sarasota’s first Black neighborhood. At RADD s launch event on April 30, the initiative’s inaugural mural was painted live by local artist and RADD member Tim Jaeger. Commissioned by DreamLarge, the mural depicts the historic Ace Theater and a mystery man who was later identified by Vickie Oldham, president and CEO of the Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition, as Willie Rogers, the late Tuskegee A

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Quote out of context, lynching memorial, all Americans are not racist

Sarasota Herald-Tribune Buchanan uses ‘fairness’ quote unfairly Congressman Vern Buchanan used his franking privileges recently to populate his constituents’ email inboxes with the ironically misleading claim that NBC’s Lester Holt told other journalists, “Fairness is overrated.” Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, relied on a misstated headline from the famously biased Fox News. The problem is Holt s comments were taken seriously out of context and, when presented in their entirety, make perfect sense to those responsible for reporting the news in the truth-challenged environment we live in. A quick search on the fact-checking website http://Snopes.com provides the correct context. Snopes reports: “In Holt s ‘fairness is overrated’ remark, context showed that he was referencing the rising dangers of misinformation online, and that always giving equal weight to two sides of an issue can be dangerous if those sides aren t rooted in facts.

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Scholar helps mentor publish his story of integrating Sarasota High School

Scholar helps mentor publish his story of integrating Sarasota High School
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Residents speak out against proposed lynching memorial in Sarasota

Residents speak out against proposed lynching memorial in Sarasota
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Florida residents angry over lynching memorial: We don t need to drag this up

Florida residents angry over lynching memorial: ‘We don’t need to drag this up’ Updated 9:15 AM; Today 9:15 AM A bronze statue called “Raise Up” is part of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. Facebook Share By Timothy Fanning Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Fla. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services A proposed lynching memorial meant to call attention to the area’s dark racial history has left some in Sarasota, Florida frustrated, angry and fearing that it would dredge up the past. Two times this month, scores of Newtown residents urged city leaders to block the project, saying that such a marker in Newtown would incite division, anger, violence and backlash in the Black community.

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