The Links, Incorporated is an international, not-for-profit corporation established in 1946, whose membership consists of more than 16,000 professional women of color throughout the United States, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas and the United Kingdom. Its membership of extraordinary women are committed to enriching, sustaining, and ensuring the culture and economic endurance of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry. Here in Tampa Bay, the local St. Petersburg-Tampa Chapter was chartered in 1951 with 13 visionary women from St. Petersburg and Tampa. In 1987, the Tampa members formed a new chapter. This oral history project explores the lives of The Links, Incorporated members through their own voices, giving insight into a vital and vibrant part of Tampa’s community.
