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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…
Levi Alexander, Sr. 1856-1939. Levi Alexander was reared in Virginia and there as a young man learned the carpenter trade. In 1885 he located at Ocala, where he established himself as a contractor and builder. He built some of the finest residences as well as the Mt. Zion AME Church and Howard Academy. Wikipedia for Read More…
Moorhead Building 305 SE 1st Ave, Ocala, United States, Florida The building was originally constructed in 1915 for Ocala Knitting and Manufacturing Company. The two-story building 75 by 175 feet, was erected by the George Giles Company. The Moorhead Engineering Company has occupied this site since the 1960s. It is the oldest continually operating civil Read More…
From the Quill to the Gavel: The Life of Ruben Mitchell – A Chronicle of Resilience, Rhetoric, and Fraternal Leadership in Post-Reconstruction Florida Hardcover – August 15, 2025 by Jerry Urso (Author) From the Quill to the Gavel Born into bondage in 1855, Reuben S. Mitchell rose to become one of the most influential African American civic leaders Read More…
Despite the discrimination and misfortune Pompano’s black students had to face, the 1920s brought at least one fortunate change. In 1923 a young teacher came to Pompano. Born in the small central Florida town of Reddick in 1904, she would later graduate from Florida A & M College. Blanche General Ely and Joseph A. Ely Wikipedia Read More…
IRA PHILIP t Recently we did a feature on the visit of US Congressman George K. Butterfield to Bermuda, his ancestral home, and birthplace of his father, Dr. George Kenneth Butterfield. Dr. George was one of the 12 children of James Peter Butterfield, a tailor by profession and his wife Ann Harriett Giles Butterfield of St. Read More…
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