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Thursday, February 26, 2026

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‘This is our home’: Gainesville multigenerational residents recount the evolution of a segregated Gainesville

By Carissa Allen and Eileen Calub | Feb. 28, 2022

For Paula Sanders, home is a quaint one-story, white and red accented cinder block house. It’s been home for 54 years. In response, multigenerational Gainesville residents must take it upon themselves to preserve their heritage through food, photographs and oral histories. For some Black residents, they experienced the hasty integration of schools and the inequitable transformation of the city. 

NEWS  |  CAMPUS UF ADMINISTRATION

African American studies professors push for increased knowledge of Black History

By Elena Barrera | Feb. 28, 2022

  UF students lack a proper education in African American history. “I just think that the under-education of our student population is doing us much more harm than it does good,” Stevenson said. Stevenson uses a teaching methodology called critical pedagogy, or teaching through inquiry. He frequently asks students questions about historical people and analyses only to find they have never heard of them. 

METRO

Historically Black Community, Porters Quarters, forced to reckon with gentrification

By Gregorio Ruiz-Perez | Feb. 28, 2022

Although Burton admitted this development in Porters was a necessity and good to return to, a lot of recent changes weren’t welcomed by the community. Burton, along with other Porters residents, said it’s important that further development be responsible and consider the wants and needs of residents. She began to understand what was happening to the Porters community: gentrification.

METRO  |  CITY COUNTY COMMISSION

Gainesville’s first Black Mayor and City Commissioner since Reconstruction is remembered by family

By Melanie Pena | Feb. 28, 2022

Butler was elected into the city commission in 1969, becoming the first Black man elected to the body since Reconstruction, an era marked by post Civil War opportunities. Later, in 1971, he became the first Black Mayor to hold that office in 100 years. However, he wanted to be remembered for who he was rather than being the first.

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A doula works to “create space” for Black mothers’ voices

By Lucille Lannigan | Feb. 28, 2022

When Julia Rainer had her first daughter, she felt silenced.  Her experience pushed Rainer to take action to ensure other mothers didn’t experience what she had. She began researching doulas, professional labor assistants who provide prenatal, birth and postpartum care. Rainer became certified about five years ago. She has assisted 15 births since. This mistreatment of Black women is a small part of a larger healthcare issue, seeping into the foundation of systemic marginalization and discrimination. 

Infielder Hannah Adams prepares her swing March 3, 2021 against Florida State. Adams returned to action Wednesday against Texas A&M.
NEWS

Gators bomb James Madison early, survive for 6-4 win

Feb. 27, 2022

In an ugly one toward the end, No. 4 Florida softball relied on early home runs to take down James Madison in the first game of their Sunday doubleheader. Hannah Adams led the way, going 3-4 with two solo bombs.

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