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…
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…
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…