We present a podcast exploring the divided history of Tallahassee and Leon County, Fla.

Where We Came From

H is comments took place in a televised interview about what could force integration among churches, schools, and businesses. Yet, fifty-six years after the landmark Civil Rights Act, our communities remain largely separate and are growing increasingly unequal again.

Our Project's Focus

WFSU’s first long-form podcast, Not So Black and White: A community’s divided history, will investigate Tallahassee’s history around representation and inclusion. This topic was chosen based on observations and conversations with people in academia, social services, and education who have observed that Tallahassee, the capital city of Florida, carries vestiges of segregation that impact the conversations and policy decisions around growth, development, education, and health.

Where We Are Headed

In Tallahassee/Leon County, there remain substantial divisions in where we live, work, play, educate and worship. The social justice movements of the 2010s and 2020s are sparking new conversations around whether we ever truly integrated.

Through current digital technologies, oral stories, archival photos, video, and interviews with local community members and humanities experts, we will attempt to explore the question of how we got here, the choices we make on whom to associate with and where to live, and how we as a community fulfill the promises of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream.