Eighteen-year-old University of Florida sophomore Margaret McGuire said yes when a friend asked her a favor. The request was to meet his hometown friend who was transferring into the school. The girl was from outside of Pittsburgh, Pa., and happened to be in the same sorority as Margaret. “I grew up in South Florida and all my siblings went to the University of … [Read more...] about HOW THEY MET: The gift of a 40-year friendship
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LTE: Florida’s new slavery curriculum
To the editor: Revisionist history? Delusional thinking? Whitewashing? Self-serving politics? I refer to the attempt by Florida to paint slavery with a beneficial side. A brief history: In the 1600s and 1700s, Europe practiced slavery on a very large scale. It was an accepted “social program” that provided reliable, cheap (read: very cheap) labor. Various … [Read more...] about LTE: Florida’s new slavery curriculum