Group portrait of Marion County midwives at the Florida State Board of Health Midwife Institute in St. Augustine, Florida.
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Historical Sketch Marker ~ Church of God By Faith
POST BY ALONZA HARDY Historical Sketch Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 25, 2018 1. Historical Sketch Marker Inscription. The group which later became known as the Church of God By Faith came in existence in the year of 1914 when Crawford Bright met Mother Delia Scippio in route to Jacksonville, Florida who had already received the Read More…
African American Hospitals in Ocala
The Mercy Hospital and Nurse Training School Ocala, Florida (1903-190?) Founders: Drs. W. P. Wilson, Robert A. Miles Benton, David Hamilton Brown Location: 2-6 S. First W. (now Fort King Ave) corner Magnolia in the Davis Block (now Goldman-Peek Building) The Afro-American Hospital The Afro-American Hospital Voluntary Association The Afro-American Health and Old Folk Home Read More…
Isaac Sawyer (1842-1920) – Sergeant, Company C, 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.
Sergeant Isaac Sawyer, Company C, 38th US Colored Infantry Isaac Sawyer (1842-1920) – Sergeant, Company C, 38th United States Colored Infantry Regiment. grave at Chestnut Cemetery. The 38th United States Colored Infantry was an African American unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. Sgt Sawyer is listed in rosters of the 38th Read More…
THE CITY’S FIRST BLACK…
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…
No Killing – Michigan Student Was Expelled for Disarming an in School Classmate’s Gun
Sakir Everett, an 11-year-old African American boy from Lansing, Michigan, who bravely disarmed a classmate with a gun, has been expelled from his school. Instead of being celebrated as a hero, he now faces a year away from the classroom. The incident took place back in May at Dwight Rich School of the Arts. Sakir Read More…
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