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Peterman was hired at the St. Petersburg Times in 1965 to work on the Negro news page. By 1967 she had persuaded her editors to discontinue the Negro news page, which she saw as a facilitation of Jim Crow laws, and to integrate stories and concerns of the black community throughout the newspaper. Peterman’s legacy lives on in the young people she helped realize their dreams. Chris Warren, who participated in Peterman’s Black History Pageants, said Peterman influenced him to try and stay in the community to “fight the good fight” and influence others. |
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Peggy M. Peterman <St. Petersburg Times file photo> |
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