(Featured photo: Fred Barber at the Ace Theater. Courtesy Jetson Grimes Collection.)
“For many retirees new to Sarasota, local history is high on the list of topics to explore — from landmarks like The Ringling and Historic Spanish Point to written chronicles of the real estate fortunes made and lost here.
But in recent years, just in time for a fresh and more diverse generation of settlers and visitors, this region’s African-American history has been made more broadly accessible after decades of omission from the official record.
And the story of residents’ long pursuit of social justice stands poised to become a tourist attraction in its own right, largely thanks to the homegrown preservation alliance known as Newtown Alive.”
Read more from the Sarasota Herald Tribune:
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190207/from-secret-history-to-tourist-attraction
