Newtown is largest Black historic district in state thanks to coalition effort

When Vickie Oldham began documenting the history of Newtown in 2015, the president and CEO of the Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition found little information readily available about the city’s Black community, which dates to 1914. But now, in partnership with the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the…

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