United States – Florida
James Robert Ford (1925-2017)
James Robert Ford was a politician, businessman, and the first African American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida. That election also made...
Little Haïti (1970- )
Between 1970 and 1972, thousands of Haïtiens left their native land and moved to the United States. Many of them...
Alvin A. Brown (1961- )
Alvin A. Brown, the first African American mayor of Jacksonville, Florida was born on December 15, 1961, in Beaufort, South...
David Isom, Jr. (1939-1970)
David Isom, Jr., a 19-year-old African American civil rights activist born in 1939, broke the color line at a segregated...
Vince Lamar Carter Jr. (1977- )
Vince Lamar Carter Jr, a former National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player and T.V. producer, was born on January 26,...
Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr (1970- )
Alonzo Harding Mourning Jr is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) star and, more recently, a cancer survivor. Born on...
John Thomas Salley (1964-)
John Thomas Salley is a former National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball star, television and motion picture actor, and a major...
Margaret Vernell James Strickland Collins (1922-1996)
Margaret Vernell James Strickland Collins was a leading scientist on termite diversity and a Civil Rights activist. She was the...
Amar’e Carsares Jehoshaphat Stoudemire (1982- )
Amar’e Stoudemire is an American-Israeli professional basketball player and coach, actor, and entrepreneur born in Lake Wales, Florida on November...
