Blended Lives: History Field Trip
Blended Lives is a powerful partnership between Leon County Schools and Tallahassee Museums. Students learn about local history with visits to the John G. Riley House and the old Capitol of Florida.
Blended Lives at the John G. Riley Center
Join the Florida Historic Capitol Museum and John G. Riley Center/Museum as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act.
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Lunch & Learn Series: The African American History of Tallahassee
For years African American communities have established a distinctive presence in areas throughout Florida. The well-known contributions as well as untold stories of struggle and triumph are woven into a rich and colorful historical tapestry. Amidst these stories are the Landmarks and Legacies that define and describe significant aspects of Florida’s cultural heritage. Join Tallahassee’s John G. Riley Center / Museum Founding Director Emeritus Althemese Barnes on a conversation about the African American Heritage of the Riley House.
Frenchtown Historical Markers Unveiling
The City of Tallahassee and John G. Riley Center/Museum unveiled the Frenchtown Historical Marker Trail on Nov. 8, 2019. The nine markers that comprise the trail tell the history of Frenchtown, one of Tallahassee’s oldest African American communities. Through them, visitors will discover and celebrate a time when Frenchtown was a thriving, self-sustaining community of families, homes, businesses and pride – a time when Frenchtown had it all.
The markers include oral histories that were conducted between 1998 and 2005 by the Riley House with former residents. They share what life was like in the community during its heyday from the late 19th to mid 20th century.
The James L. and John S. Knight Foundation, City of Tallahassee Community Revitalization Council, Leon County Tourist Development Council and Florida Department of State Division of Cultural Affairs funded the Frenchtown Historical Trail Marker project.
Visit Tallahassee- African American Culture
Learn about African American culture that is embodied in the city of Tallahassee. Take a look into some of our historically rich locations, including the John G. Riley House and The Knott House Museum.
C-SPAN Cities Tour- Tallahassee:John Gilmore Riley
John Gilmore Riley, was born a slave, was emancipated at the age of 9, learned to read, and later became a teacher. He was given a Freedman's Loan from nearby Union Bank, the first freedman's bank in the area. Riley was one of the first African American landowners in the area. Visit the historic Riley home and learn about Riley's journey from slave, to millionaire.
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Young men of the "Omega Lamplighters of Tallahassee" are back home from the "500 Miles of Freedom College Tour and Civil Rights Trip"
Riley House Blended Lives
The Blended Lives program, which annually kicks off Black History Month, is a joint, weeklong program of the Riley House museum of black history and Goodwood Museum and Gardens.
Today through Friday, Leon County fourth-graders will attend events at both facilities, aimed at introducing them to local history involving blacks and whites. This year's theme is Reconstruction.
The program was begun in 2001 by Althemese Barnes, executive director of the Riley House, and Larry Paarlberg, former director of Goodwood.
I think it's important at the grade level we tap that young people begin to experience and know about history and what came before them, Barnes said. The blended history (of whites and blacks) is an important piece. It is the sharing of history and the resources and all that it takes to make it happen.
The event annually also includes an adult symposium such as Tuesday's roundtable discussion about numerous issues connected with Reconstruction. The panelists will be Titus Brown, a Florida A&M history professor; Pete Cowdrey, educator in residence at the Museum of Florida History; Reginald Ellis, FAMU professor of history and Jonathan Grandage, historian at the Florida State Archives. The discussion will include input from the audience.
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Key West Africana Festival (2017) Juneteenth Presentation : Dr. Tameka Hobbs (II)
Key West Africana Festival (2017) Juneteenth Speaker : Dr. Tameka Hobbs
Juneteenth is a state holiday or ceremonial holiday, a day of observance in 43 U.S. States honoring June 19th, 1865, the day on which slavery legally came to an end in the United States.
Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs is a graduate of Florida A&M University (B.A., History) and Florida State University, where she earned her doctoral degree in United States History, and Historical Administration and Public History. She has taught courses in American, African American, oral history, and public history at Florida A&M University, Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia, and John Tyler Community College, in Chester, Virginia. In addition to her teaching experience, she has served as a researcher, writer, consultant, and director for a number of public and oral history projects in Florida and Virginia, including the African American Trailblazers in Virginia History Program, a statewide educational program focused on celebrating African American History. Her professional experience includes serving as Director of Projects and Program for the John G. Riley Museum and Center of African American History and Culture, located in Tallahassee, Florida. After relocating to Virginia, between 2006 and 2007, Hobbs worked as the historian and coordinator of the Valentine Richmond History Center’s Richmond History Gallery Project. From 2007 to 2011, Hobbs worked as Program and Education Manager for the Library of Virginia, where she coordinated the African American Trailblazers in Virginia History Program, a statewide educational program focused on celebrating African American History. In 2011, she authored a children’s book about the Library of Virginia entitled To Collect, Protect, and Serve: Behind the Scenes at the Library of Virginia. Hobbs joined the faculty of Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, Florida, in August of 2011, and currently serves at Interim Chair of the Department of Social Sciences and as University Historian. Her book, Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home: Racial Violence in Florida was published in August 2015 by the University Press of Florida.
Key West Africana Festival
Mission: Three-day destination retreat and festival focusing on Thought, Wellness, Culture and Libation of the African Diaspora. KWAF's mission is to be the nation's premier, public gathering place for leaders from around the diaspora across disciplines to vacation and engage in inquisitive discussion of the ideas and issues that both shape and challenge the Africana community :
Thought: Reflection on the ideas and issues that shape and challenge our community's wellness
Culture: Celebration of Music and the Arts while exploring the Africana influenced culture of Key West.
Libation: Awakening of our history to inform and guide our social work in our respective communities.
Purpose: To provide festival participants with a fun filled educational vacation in the Florida Keys that includes culture, libation and reflection on the issues and ideas that both shape and challenge the Africana community..
Concept: Our goal is to provide a destination vacation where scholars discuss their research, thought leaders present their practice areas, vacationers enjoy the Africana Cultures of Key West, and others will enjoy a fun-filled weekend in beautiful Key West. Founded by Christopher Norwood, J.D. with Dr. James Peterson, as an extension of their national work focused on issues of education, community development and cultural awareness, inspired by their love of travel and interaction within a global community.
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KWAF Opening Session and Juneteenth Presentation (I)
Opening Session and Juneteenth Presentation
City of Key West Commissioner & Vice-Chair Clayton Lopez officially welcomes KWAF with Christopher Norwood & Dr. Barbara Peterson, Co-founders of The Key West Africana Festival.
Key West Africana Festival (2017) Juneteenth Speaker : Dr. Tameka Hobbs
Juneteenth is a state holiday or ceremonial holiday, a day of observance in 43 U.S. States honoring June 19th, 1865, the day on which slavery legally came to an end in the United States.
Dr. Tameka Bradley Hobbs is a graduate of Florida A&M University (B.A., History) and Florida State University, where she earned her doctoral degree in United States History, and Historical Administration and Public History. She has taught courses in American, African American, oral history, and public history at Florida A&M University, Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia, and John Tyler Community College, in Chester, Virginia. In addition to her teaching experience, she has served as a researcher, writer, consultant, and director for a number of public and oral history projects in Florida and Virginia, including the African American Trailblazers in Virginia History Program, a statewide educational program focused on celebrating African American History. Her professional experience includes serving as Director of Projects and Program for the John G. Riley Museum and Center of African American History and Culture, located in Tallahassee, Florida. After relocating to Virginia, between 2006 and 2007, Hobbs worked as the historian and coordinator of the Valentine Richmond History Center’s Richmond History Gallery Project. From 2007 to 2011, Hobbs worked as Program and Education Manager for the Library of Virginia, where she coordinated the African American Trailblazers in Virginia History Program, a statewide educational program focused on celebrating African American History. In 2011, she authored a children’s book about the Library of Virginia entitled To Collect, Protect, and Serve: Behind the Scenes at the Library of Virginia. Hobbs joined the faculty of Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens, Florida, in August of 2011, and currently serves at Interim Chair of the Department of Social Sciences and as University Historian. Her book, Democracy Abroad, Lynching at Home: Racial Violence in Florida was published in August 2015 by the University Press of Florida.
Key West Africana Festival
Mission: Three-day destination retreat and festival focusing on Thought, Wellness, Culture and Libation of the African Diaspora. KWAF's mission is to be the nation's premier, public gathering place for leaders from around the diaspora across disciplines to vacation and engage in inquisitive discussion of the ideas and issues that both shape and challenge the Africana community :
Thought: Reflection on the ideas and issues that shape and challenge our community's wellness
Culture: Celebration of Music and the Arts while exploring the Africana influenced culture of Key West.
Libation: Awakening of our history to inform and guide our social work in our respective communities.
Purpose: To provide festival participants with a fun filled educational vacation in the Florida Keys that includes culture, libation and reflection on the issues and ideas that both shape and challenge the Africana community..
Concept: Our goal is to provide a destination vacation where scholars discuss their research, thought leaders present their practice areas, vacationers enjoy the Africana Cultures of Key West, and others will enjoy a fun-filled weekend in beautiful Key West. Founded by Christopher Norwood, J.D. with Dr. James Peterson, as an extension of their national work focused on issues of education, community development and cultural awareness, inspired by their love of travel and interaction within a global community.
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Tallahassee, Florida | Wikipedia audio article
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Tallahassee, Florida
00:01:49 1 History
00:04:30 1.1 State capital
00:09:01 1.2 1900–present
00:10:48 2 Geography
00:12:03 2.1 Nearby cities and suburbs
00:12:33 2.2 Cityscape
00:12:41 2.2.1 Neighborhoods
00:13:29 2.2.2 Tallest buildings
00:13:37 2.3 Urban planning and expansion
00:14:49 2.4 Sprawl and compact growth
00:15:45 2.5 Climate
00:20:00 3 Demographics
00:22:20 3.1 Languages
00:22:51 4 Law, government and politics
00:23:01 4.1 Politics
00:24:06 4.2 Structure of city government
00:24:25 4.3 Federal representation and offices
00:25:51 4.4 Consolidation
00:27:08 4.5 Flag
00:27:53 5 Education
00:28:02 5.1 Primary and secondary
00:29:35 5.1.1 List of middle schools
00:29:43 5.1.2 List of high schools
00:29:52 5.2 Higher education
00:30:01 5.2.1 Florida State University
00:32:53 5.2.2 Florida A&M University
00:34:26 5.2.3 Tallahassee Community College
00:35:43 5.2.4 List of other colleges
00:36:15 6 Economy
00:36:39 6.1 Top employers
00:36:55 7 Arts and culture
00:37:04 7.1 Entertainment and performing arts
00:38:09 7.2 Museums
00:38:27 7.3 Festivals and events
00:39:25 7.4 City accolades
00:40:30 8 Sports
00:40:39 8.1 Florida State Seminoles
00:42:19 8.2 Other
00:42:39 9 Media
00:42:47 9.1 Print
00:43:03 9.2 Television
00:44:30 9.3 Radio
00:45:16 10 Public safety
00:47:18 11 Places of interest
00:48:18 12 Transportation
00:48:27 12.1 Aviation
00:48:39 12.1.1 Defunct airports
00:48:55 12.2 Mass transit
00:49:08 12.3 Intercity bus
00:49:21 12.4 Railroads
00:49:34 12.4.1 Defunct railroads
00:50:01 12.5 Major highways
00:51:27 13 Notable Tallahassee groups and organizations
00:52:24 14 Namesakes
00:53:30 15 Sister cities
00:54:02 16 Gallery
00:54:11 17 Notable people
00:54:59 18 State associations based in Tallahassee
00:55:23 19 See also
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Tallahassee () is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2017, the population was 191,049, making it the 7th-largest city in the U.S state of Florida, and the 126th-largest city in the United States. The population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area was 382,627 as of 2017. Tallahassee is the largest city in the Florida Panhandle region, and the main center for trade and agriculture in the Florida Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions.
Tallahassee is home to Florida State University, ranked the nation's twenty-sixth best public university by U.S. News & World Report. It is also home to Florida A&M University, the fifth-largest historically black university by total enrollment. Tallahassee Community College is a large state college that serves mainly as a feeder school to Florida State and Florida A&M. Tallahassee qualifies as a significant college town, with a student population exceeding 70,000.As the capital, Tallahassee is the site of the Florida State Capitol, Supreme Court of Florida, Florida Governor's Mansion, and nearly 30 state agency headquarters. The city is also known for its large number of law firms, lobbying organizations, trade associations and professional associations, including the Florida Bar and the Florida Chamber of Commerce. It is a recognized regional center for scientific research, and home to the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. In 2015, Tallahassee was awarded the All-American City Award by the National Civic League for the second time.
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150th Anniversary of Emancipation Day in Florida - Honoring Black Civil War Soldiers
This portion of a Grave Decorating Ceremony took place on May 15, 2015, on the 150th Anniversary of Florida's Emancipation Day. It took until May 20, 1865, for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation to be publicly announced in Florida, TWO YEARS after the document had been signed by the president, ending slavery. In other words, slavery continued for an additional two years in Florida, as in Texas it continued for an additional two and half years. The ceremony in this video took place in Tallahassee, Florida's historic Old City Cemetery, and began with a reading of the Colored Soldier's Lament and then a 21-gun salute by Civil War reenactors representing the 2nd Infantry Regiment U.S. Colored Troops. After the moment depicted in this video, we were each handed a red carnation to put on the grave of a fallen Civil War soldier in the cemetery (we were told where these graves were). It was a moving experience. Later in the morning a related ceremony takes place on the steps of the Knott House, where a reenactor playing the role of General McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation, just as McCook himself did on May 20, 1865 -- 150 years ago. In addition to a re-enactment of this historic moment, a gospel choir performed on the steps of the house and drummers in the park across the street began playing a rhythm that legend tells us was used back in those Civil War days. Dancers invited the crowd to join in and all were invited to eat free food served in the park. The early ceremony portrayed in this video was organized and sponsored by the John G. Riley Center/Museum for African American History & Culture in Tallahassee, FL.
Good Works Team Trophy Awarded at Riley Elementary!
Florida State Football Player, Mavin Saunders, has been named to the Allstate Good Works Team. Saunders was presented with the award during a ceremony at Riley Elementary. Saunders volunteers at Riley twice a week and has done so for the past few years. He spends his time there reading and mentoring elementary-school students.
Florida State Historic Capitol
We went to the capitol after the cheer comp. Sad to say there is nothing about the second amendment in the building, other rights are covered though. I am a firm believer that the second protects the rest! For the time being I have not open carried in the capitol here....yet. But the time will come when we can legally and we also can carry black powder currently.
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Superintendent's Spotlight on location at RILEY !!
Riley Elementary School Principal Karwynn Paul is featured during Superintendent Pons Spotlight segment.
We encourage and challenge our students to develop the knowledge and skills of life-long learners. We also promote the attitudes and profiles of teaching students to become responsible and compassionate citizens in our global society.
Every student at John G. Riley is educated as a unique individual. Each student is guided, nurtured, and inspired in a way that enables the realization of his or her potential -- academically, culturally, and socially.
Here at John G. Riley Elementary, our focus is to provide an academic environment that will support the highest student achievement. We are proud to have earned an A+ grade for the 2008-2009 school year. Outstanding students, dedicated staff and supportive parents all work together to help our students succeed, We are proud of Riley's accomplishments and will continue to strive for excellence.
Technology is an indispensable element of today's society. Riley has recently been identified as a technology magnet school -- therefore, it is critical to learn basic technology skills at an early age. Our students are taught keyboarding as well as the fundamentals of computer use, and are encouraged to use classroom computers to complete assignments. We also utilize various software programs to complement in class instruction and to reinforce academic skills.
MR. KARWYNN PAUL, Principal
DR. SYLVIA COLLIER, Assistant Principal