Editor’s Note: Written and compiled by Alonzo Hardy Dr. Thomas Playfair Lloyd (1868-1896) was the city’s first black doctor. He graduated from Leonard Medical School of Shaw University, where he delivered the salutatory address for the class of 1889. He won the Knox prize. Born in 1868 to Thomas and Louisa Lloyd, Lloyd graduated Leonard Read More…
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Dear Friends of Marion County Black History Museum, I hope everyone is doing well. Why hasn’t there been a consistent sustained effort to get a black school historical marker for Howard Academy? Howard Academy was opened in 1866 by the Freedmen’s Bureau. At this time, only American National Thrift Association Hospital and Paradise Park at Silver Springs have Read More…