The SPOHP Podcast

In this episode of the SPOHPcast, Underground Railroad Oral History Project Coordinator Donovan Carter returns to showcase the Saltwater Underground Railroad, or the Southward route to freedom through Florida and into the Caribbean.  Highlighted interviews include URP 013 Tina Dunkley: https://youtu.be/CW5F-Ba47KY?si=yJug0gLmqdUb_vNB     URP 026 Wilton Russell(original song heard during Vanessa’s...

In this episode of the SPOHPcast, Donovan Carter and Lauren Manso share their thoughts on two interviews from the Underground Railroad Oral History Project. Donovan and Lauren share excerpts from interviews with narrators Bob Seeley and Kimberly Simmons. The Full Interviews for Bob Seeley: Initial Interview https://youtu.be/8L1GxnviBJg?si=yjjP0tve1axz2hAB Full Interview with Kimberly Simmons https...

On episode two of the Challenging Racism SPOHPcast, we talk with Adreanne Martinez about UF’s legacy of slavery, indigenous land dispossession, and incarcerated labor. Adreanne is a proud double Gator and a vehement student activist. On this episode we talk about the activism that led to an official report into African American and Native American history at the University of Florida which she co-...

This episode will examine how the University of Florida has challenged racism. The goal of this podcast series is to bring awareness to UF’s History and shine a light on the legacy of exclusion and racism on and around UF campus. This episode discusses the hatred of the Ku Klux Klan and the kidnapping and mutilation of Catholic priest Father John Connelly, and lastly, the Florida vs Boston College...

Marvelous Rodgers grew up in Winter Garden, Florida. In this podcast, she describes the pressure her father, a fruit contractor, was under to clear the fields, the help she provided her father in his work, and the distaste for oranges a life of smelling them constantly might produce.  Farmworker Association of Florida, a SPOHP Podcast Series If you would like learn more on these issues read F...

In this episode, we will be discussing final thoughts and hopes for the future of race relations at the University of Florida, focusing on Black voices on campus. Thank you for joining us on this racial justice journey through the Joel Buchanan Archives (JBA collection)! Show Notes: Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.edu Credits: Thanks to SPOHP and the people interviewed!...

In this stand-alone episode, we introduce the Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars (MFOS) Program and discuss the issues of inequity within higher education. You will hear from first-generation students who have participated in this program at UF as they discuss how MFOS has impacted them and their families' lives. Stay tuned for the upcoming SPOHP documentary sharing more of the inspiring stories...

In this episode, we will be discussing the current context of racism at the University of Florida, focusing on the new initiatives aimed at addressing and amending these issues. Show Notes: Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.edu Credits: Thanks to SPOHP and the people interviewed! Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Links/Additional Resources: Epi...

In this episode, we discuss student experiences with racial discrimination at the University of Florida, focusing on the experiences of Black students in particular. We highlight interviews from some of the first Black students to attend UF, those who struggled after, and the voices of today. Show Notes: Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.edu Credits: Thanks to SPOHP and th...

In this episode, we discuss the history of professional discrimination at UF, focusing on the lived experiences and perspectives of Black faculty and staff.  Show Notes: Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.edu  Credits:  Thanks to SPOHP and the people interviewed! Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com  Links/Additional Resources:...

In this episode, we discuss the hidden history of Black Thursday at UF and how many Black stories are left out of the narrative. Especially with no physical commemoration of the day on campus, it is important to keep the history of Black Thursday and the contribution of minority students alive in public memory and education. Show Notes: Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.ed...

In this episode, we discuss the University of Florida’s connection to slavery, indigenous land, and racism. Show Notes: Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.edu Credits: Thanks to SPOHP and the people interviewed! Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Links/Additional Resources: Episode Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SOeKOPEzjvJuXQ5Oz...

In this episode, we discuss the history of segregation within the Alachua County Public School system, as well as the process and impacts of integration, focusing on Lincoln High School in particular. Show Notes: Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.edu Credits: Thanks to SPOHP and the people interviewed! Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Links/Ad...

In this episode we take a journey through the Civil Rights movement in North Florida, specifically in the cities of Tallahassee, St. Augustine, and Gainesville. Some important events we will touch on are the Tallahassee bus boycott and Florida Theatre protest in Tallahassee, the beach conflict in St. Augustine, and the general Civil Rights Movement in Gainesville, focusing on the everyday activism...

In this episode of the “Race and Remembrance” podcast, we continue discussing racial terror in 20th-century Florida, focusing on the Rosewood Massacre and the Ocoee Election Day Massacre. Show Notes: Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.edu Content warning timestamps: (3:56-5:03) Credits: Thanks to SPOHP and the people interviewed! Music: Moments by Shane Ivers - https://www....

In this episode of the “Race and Remembrance” podcast, we introduce the topic of racial terror, providing historical context and discussing violent events that occurred in 20th-century Florida, particularly the Newberry Six lynchings of 1916. Show Notes: Content warning timestamps: (7:29-8:14) and (9:58-10:44) Producers: Jessica Alvarez and Alana Gomez, alanagomez@ufl.edu Credits: Thanks to SPOHP...

In this episode of the “Race and Remembrance” podcast, we introduce the University of Florida's Samuel Proctor Oral History program and its resources, as well as the plan for this podcast series centering on Black community voices discussing historical truths and their significance. In this episode, you will hear from Dr. Patricia Hilliard-Nunn, Ms. Sherry DuPree, Mr. Thomas Coward, and Dr. Patric...

"Community Action and Radio" David Barsamian created Alternative Radio to cover important stories neglected by mainstream media. In this podcast, he explains why he first pursued broadcasting, and how journalism can continue to be a source of social change. Topics include Alternative Radio, broadcasting, Armenian genocide, and using journalism to hold the government accountable. A podcast created...

Mireya Ledesma is one of eight children born to her farm laborer parents. In this podcast, she describes being looked down upon by other children for her parents’ occupations, the strange mix of shame and pride she felt in reaction, the responsibility she felt as the oldest daughter to help raise her younger siblings, and the ways in which farmworkers’ poor educations and the lack of informational...

In this interview, Sallie Harrison describes the beginnings of the women’s movement in Gainesville. Starting with her work in the presidential campaign of George McGovern, who was defeat by Richard Nixon in 1972, Harrison describes the connections between the women’s movement and the civil rights movement, her work to establish a rape crisis center and women’s health center in Gainesville and her...

A podcast created for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program's Spring 2015 Intern Class by Virginia Hamrick (SPOHP). Activist and founder of grass roots organization Cope Pink, Meada Benjamin explores the effects of police brutality on community organizing. Topics include: organizing and protesting, police relations, and the importance of citizen movements. Full Interview is Cat. No. WAF 024 Mede...

This episode features a 1981 interview by Joel Buchanan interviewing Wilhelmina W. Johnson, who was a civil rights activist and a leading educator in Gainesville, Florida. Mrs. Johnson passed away in 1999. Copyrighted music by Therapy Shock, Courtesy of Public Room Records, and by the UF University Gospel Choir. Published as SPOHP's first podcast initiative project Find this podcast on the UFD: &n...

A podcast created for the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program’s Spring 2015 Intern Class. In this podcast, Linda Cottler discusses her research in classification of substance abuse around the world. After a successful career at Washington University at St. Louis spanning three decades, drug researcher Linda Cottler joined the University of Florida. In her words, her work gives “vulnerable populati...

For the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program's Spring 2013 Intern Class. This podcast explores the value of diversity at the University of Florida in Gainesville and the challenges facing the first African American students who integrated to integrate the college. Edited by Emily Nyren and Kimberly Withum. For full oral histories of which this podcast was created, see AAHP 041 Stephan Mickle 2-7-20...

World War II, An African-American Man’s Perspective For the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program’s Fall 2014 Intern Class. Sollie Mitchell discusses his diverse roles as a clerk, soldier, trainer, and supply person in an African-American unit stationed in the Pacific. After the service, Mitchell became a Pullman Porter and an extremely active member of the Brotherhood of the Sleeping Car Porters. T...