"Otras Voces: The Radical and Alternative Press in Ybor City," an exhibit highlighting Spanish and Italian-language newspapers published over Ybor City's 100-year history, opened October 10th at Borders Books in South Tampa and will travel to other Tampa locations before opening at the Ybor City State Museum November 19, 2005.

This exhibit is made possible through a grant from the Florida Humanities council.

Publications from the 1890's through the 1970's will be on display, some for the first time ever.

Delivery boys get set to deliver La Traduccion, a newspaper that began publishing in Ybor City in 1903.

"Some of these newspapers haven't been seen since they were published," said Ybor Museum Outreach Director and exhibit curator, Manny Leto. The historic newspapers on display are available for study and research at the University of South Florida's Department of Special Collections, but they have never been on view to the general public.

"For the first time, we will get to see the events that shaped Tampa's history as seen through the eyes of the people who lived them," said Leto.
The oldest newspaper on display will be an 1893 copy of Cuba, a paper published in Ybor City during Cuba's revolutionary struggle against Spain. Literally hundreds of newspapers circulated throughout Ybor City over its 100-hundred year history.

The exhibit can be seen until November 18, 2005, at the West Tampa Library, 2312 West Union St. It will be at the Ybor State Museum on November 19, 2005, during the Cigar Heritage Festival, then may be seen at Internation Bazar in Centro Ybor, 1600 East 8th Avenue.

The Florida Humanities Council is an independent, non-profit organization and it is the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Each year FHC funds hundreds of programs throughout the State that explore Florida's history, environment, literature, music, and art. The Ybor City Museum Society was among numerous community organizations throughout the state to receive grants that fund humanities programs.

For more information about FHC grants, contact Susan Lockwood, Grants Director at 727-553-3807 or email slockwood@flahum.org.