They Made A Difference PART 1

Her long and distinguished career as a teacher and administrator began in the public schools of West Palm Beach, Florida....

Margaret Leonard’s journalism career began in the 1960s as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times, where, she said, she was...

In 1947, Mamie Johnson Strong had to step in and take over her husband’s funeral home after his sudden death. Shortly...

A native of Apalachicola, she was born Minnie Lucile Wynn on February 14, 1918 to George and Maude Wynn. George instilled a...

Laura Mae Thompson Dixie, a giant of the Black Freedom Struggle and a key organizer of the modern Civil Rights Movement in...

Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry was born in Miami, Florida in 1923. She was a woman of many firsts. She was the first Black woman...

Ms. Spencer proved herself to be a brilliant, no-nonsense, and highly capable administrator who recruited Leon County’s...

Dr. Melvene Draheim Hardee (November 30, 1913 - December 16, 1994) was born in Iowa to Hazle Howe Draheim and Arthur...

Anne Richardson Gayles-Felton, a Marshallville, Georgia, native and descendant of a prominent family of educators and...

In addition, she is also believed to be the first state-certified teacher in Leon County. In 1941, Mrs. Tookes accepted a...

On the morning of September 3, 2010, Dr. Doris Ruby Newsome Alston completed her earthly journey with an indomitable spirit...

In 1992 Carrie P. Meek won election to the United States House of Representatives becoming one of the first...

The eldest of six children, Anita Porter was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on October 3, 1936, to Malcolm C. and...