First African American Physician in Ocala, Florida Dr. Thomas Playfair Lloyd was the first African American doctor in Ocala. Suwannee County native Thomas P. Lloyd practiced medicine in Ocala from 1889 until his death in 1896. Dr. Thomas P. Lloyd was born May 18, 1868 in Live Oak, Florida. He graduated from the Leonard Medical Read More…
Edward Chandler: Born April 10, 1887, Ocala, Fla; died March 22, 1973 (aged 85), Chicago, Ill.; buried in Graceland Cemetery; father Henry Wilkins Chandler; mother Anna Matilda Onley Edward Marion Augustus Chandler was the second African American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States, which he received from the University of Illinois Read More…
Tamari Davis (center) poses with her world championships medal, with her mother, Tamara Davis (left) and grandmother Shirlane Able. (Luena Rodriguez-Feo Vileira/WUFT News) Four words follow Tamari Davis from her hometown of Gainesville, Florida, to the world stage in Budapest: On your marks. Set. In the time it takes to tie a shoelace, she Read More…