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Black Giant Rep Gewndolyn Sawyer Cherry of Miami was the first black woman to be elected to the Florida House of Representatives.

Black Giant M. Athale Range_ the first black to sit on the Miami City Commission and civil rights leader. Affectionately known as Ma ma Range.

Black Giant the pirate Black Caesar who operated off the coast of south Florida in the mid 1600s. Marvin Dunn Collection

Black Giant The Reverend C. K. Stelle led the civil rights fight in Tallahassee in the 1950s and 60s. His church was bombed. FAMU students rallied to his cause.