Tampa Housing Authority, Tampa Bay History Center partner at historic St. James Episcopal Church

For years, the Tampa Housing Authority has envisioned utilizing historic St. James Episcopal Church in its Encore district as a museum showcasing the rich African American history of Tampa.

The Housing Authority may have the perfect partner to see that vision through in the Tampa Bay History Center. But first, the Housing Authority and History Center will test the waters with a six-month pilot program to offer educational and historical programming at the historic church.

That initiative begins Juneteenth with a talk by civil rights activist Bernard LaFayete Jr.

Civil rights leader Bernard LaFayette Jr.