The Activist

A Marine Corps veteran who earned two Purple Hearts during the Vietnam War, Scott Camil returned to Florida after two tours of duty and became a leading activist in Veterans Against the Vietnam War. This is an edited excerpt from an interview the University of Florida’s Samuel Proctor Oral History Program conducted with Camil in 2005. To learn more about the project and access its thousands of interviews, go to

State of Water, State of Mind

Amid a scourge of pollution a half-century ago, the United States and Florida passed bedrock water legislation with the Clean Water Act at the federal level and the state’s sweeping water and land-management laws of 1972, some of the strongest in the country. As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of these water laws and celebrate their triumphs, our waters face new challenges. Florida-based author Cynthia Barnett has written four books

Florida’s Healing Waters

Rick Kilby will discuss his latest book, Florida’s Healing Waters: Gilded Age Mineral Springs, Seaside Resorts & Health Spas, a historical account of a little-known time in Florida history when tourists poured into the state in search of good health. Kilby will explore the phenomena of “taking the waters” during a golden age of bathing in Florida when the state was a prime destination for visitors seeking restoration and romance

Expanding Waters

Our current waters are rising and getting warmer. They fuel the intensification of hurricanes and the flooding of our lands. Art helps to create a conversation by making the invisible visible. Carol Mickett and Robert Stackhouse, a team of artists, will carry you through their fascination with water and water-related phenomenon and issues through this presentation. You will see some of their early work through to their current work from

The Gulf and The Eagle

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth-largest body of water in the world. While also a critical space for commercial activity, the gulf also serves as the home for a host of bird and wetland species. Jack E. Davis, Professor of History and Rothman Family Chair in the Humanities at the University of Florida, will share how the Gulf of Mexico plays an integral part of the nation’s environmental story.

Excellence with Caring: The History of Florida A&M University

The passage of the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. Despite the constitutional security granted by the amendment, Black women–and Black men–were not able to exercise voting privileges. This did not prevent Black women from engaging in political organizing and registering others to vote. When Black women were finally able to vote with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Black women began to enter national politics in force.

A reading list of Florida films

How They See Us From sea hunt to Miami vice to burn notice, the small screen portrays a Florida of the imagination, with all its quirks, and less often, its diverse realities. By Eric Deggans The Camera shot begins close in on a corpse splattered across the ground, before arching up quickly to catch automobiles zipping across an elevated freeway, holding for a moment to frame Miami’s skyline in the

Made in Florida: From the Sunshine State…to the silver screen

Lights, Camera...Florida The rich history of movie-making in the Sunshine State By Bill DeYoung From the good, the great and the Oscar-nominated to the cheap and the cheesy, Florida has made numerous contributions to the production of motion pictures over the decades. Time and again, Hollywood has come calling to utilize and immortalize the Sunshine State’s unique scenery, greenery, landscapes, cityscapes – and people. To paraphrase the title of one

Refusing to be Silenced: The Political History and Future of Black Women in Florida

The passage of the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. Despite the constitutional security granted by the amendment, Black women–and Black men–were not able to exercise voting privileges. This did not prevent Black women from engaging in political organizing and registering others to vote. When Black women were finally able to vote with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Black women began to enter national politics in force.

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