Upcoming Events:

• February 22, 2008 - 4th Annual Riley House Applause for the Pioneers Gala. Honoring a phenomenal group of educators that helped to change the landscape of black academia in early 20th century Tallahassee.
  Place: FSU University Center Club - Tallahassee, Florida
  Time: 8:00 p.m. - 12 midnight.
  Cost: $100 single; $175 couple; $1,000 table sponsorship
  Entertainment: St. Petersburg Reunion Band
  
  The 2008 honorees, posthumously, are: Daisey Hall, Letitia Taylor Byrd, Henrietta Williams, Alzinia McPherson, Marie Hicks, Paralee Webb, Viola Hunter, Ruth Matthews, Jeanette Reid, Alma Myrick, Wilma Cross, Willie Perkins, Alease Twine, R. Frank Nims, and Cecil Walker. These 1920's-50's educators worked tirelessly in Leon County Schools helping to improve the academic landscape for African Americans during the period of segregation.
  
  Other sponsorship information is available by calling the Riley House at 681-7881. Donations are tax-deductible and support the Riley University Internship Scholarship Program.
  
  
• May 20, 2008 at 10:00 am - Emancipation Proclamation Old City Cemetery Union Grave Wreath Laying Ceremony, followed by Knott House Museum Reenactment Reading at 12 noon. The public is invited.
  Phone contact: 681-7881.