St. Petersburg leaders have raised the Dr. Carter G. Woodson flag outside of City Hall to mark the start of Black History Month for nearly a decade. Thursday, though, new state legislation lingered over the ceremony.
ST. PETERSBURG — Since 2016, St. Petersburg officials have gathered outside City Hall at the start of February to raise a flag in honor of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the founder of Black History Month. That tradition could end after this year. A bill moving through the Florida Legislature would ban the display of flags on government property that represent what it describes as a political view, .
St. Petersburg leaders have raised the Dr. Carter G. Woodson flag outside of City Hall to mark the start of Black History Month for nearly a decade. Thursday, though, new state legislation lingered over the ceremony.
A Florida House bill would ban local governments from displaying flags related to race or sexual orientation or what it describes as political viewpoints.
A nine-member task force entrusted with providing recommendations for Florida’s Black History Museum is considering whether Miami-Dade County’s Opa-locka neighborhood should house the new facility.