In 1960, a group of Black students protested racial injustice with a sit-in at a whites-only lunch counter in Tampa, and that piece of Tampa’s history is about to take center stage at the Straz Center ...

The Paul Vesco Band played all evening, uninterrupted by speeches, auctions or programs. The Nov. 8 benefit topped previous records, netting $170,000 for student and public education programs.