Wall of Distinction

An Exhibition

Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte

Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte

Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte dedicated his long career as a lawyer and educator to championing the rule of law and defending...

Rev. Dr. Mattie Hall Mobley

Rev. Dr. Mattie Hall Mobley

Rev. Dr. Mattie Hall Mobley, now 110-years-old, who was born on February 4, 1914, in Tallahassee, was not always an...

E. Lilyan Spencer

E. Lilyan Spencer

Winner of the 1937 Women's Doubles ATA National Tennis Championship Winner of the 1931 Women's Singles FTA State Tennis...

Sevilla B. Tillman

Sevilla B. Tillman

Mrs. Sevilla Burney Tillman (May 20, 1897 – December 12, 2006), the matriarch of the Tillman Funeral Home family, was a...

Robert Clemon “C.T.” Tillman

Robert Clemon “C.T.” Tillman

Robert Clemon "C.T." "Pap" Tillman, Sr. (1894-1981) was a lifelong resident of Monticello. He and his wife, Sevilla Burney...

Dr. Walter L. Smith

Dr. Walter L. Smith

Dr. Walter L. Smith (1935-2021) was a Tampa native and served as the 7th President of Florida A&M University (FAMU) from...

Dressie Mae Sloan

Dressie Mae Sloan

Mrs. Dressie Mae Zeigler Sloan (1913-2009) was a hard-driving and outspoken civil rights heroine who committed her life to...

M. Athalie Range

M. Athalie Range

The Honorable Mary Athalie Wilkinson Range, born on November 7, 1915, in Key West, Florida, had roots extending back to...

U.S. Sen. Claude D. Pepper

U.S. Sen. Claude D. Pepper

In 1928, the Honorable Claude Denson Pepper (1900-1989) began his distinguished career of public service in the Florida...

R. Frank Nims

R. Frank Nims

Frank Nims (1910-1958) was a descendant of one of Tallahassee oldest black families. An activist for civil rights, Nims and...

Major James Morgan, Jr.

Major James Morgan, Jr.

Affectionately known as “Jimmy”, Major James Morgan, Jr. was the oldest of four children. He was educated at Bond...

Steve Meisburg

Steve Meisburg

The Honorable Steve Meisburg was Tallahassee's second-longest serving city commissioner, holding office from 1987 to 2003....

A. Quinn Jones

A. Quinn Jones

Allen Quinn Jones (1893-1997) spent 36 years as an educational leader in Gainesville, and as principal of three schools. He...

Dr. Frederick S. Humphries

Dr. Frederick S. Humphries

Frederick Stephen Humphries served as president of Tennessee State University (TSU) in Nashville, Tennessee, between 1974...

Dr. Charles L. Evans

Dr. Charles L. Evans

Dr. Charles L. Evans (July 23, 1945 – August 21, 2013) was a native of Durham, North Carolina, where he was raised with six...

Gov. LeRoy Collins

Gov. LeRoy Collins

The Honorable Thomas LeRoy Collins (1909-1991) was the first Southern Governor in the United States to support civil rights...

Judith Benninger Brown

Judith Benninger Brown

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Judith Benninger Brown graduated from Gainesville High School in 1959. Judith participated in...

Dr. Charles E. Billings

Dr. Charles E. Billings

A Florida State University political science professor since 1974, The Honorable Charles Edward Billings, Ph.D. was elected...

Dr. Nickie N. Beasley

Dr. Nickie N. Beasley

Dr. Nickie Newsome Bell "Kitty" Beasley (March 27, 1940 – September 12, 2003) grew up in Pine Apple, Alabama, as the third...

Gov. Reubin O’D. Askew

Gov. Reubin O’D. Askew

The Honorable Reubin O’Donovan Askew was born in 1928 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. In 1937, he moved with his mother and five...

Judge Winston E. Arnow

Judge Winston E. Arnow

The Honorable Winston Eugene "Bo" Arnow (1911-1994) was a federal judge serving in the United States District Court for the...