HOVER OVER PHOTOS FOR CAPTIONS The Great Migration Black woman working in the Richmond shipyards. Many blacks moved North to find jobs in the North as the war raged and men were scarce. The funeral for singer Bessie Smith_ in September_ 1937. She died in Clarksedale_ Miss. She was one of the greatest singers of all time. A Black Giant Dr. John O. Brown led the Miami chapter of CORE and was in the forefront of desegragation demonstrations in Miami. He was a descendent of Black Seminoles. This was the Negro beach in Fort Lauderdale. Blacks had segregated beaches in other Florida towns including St Augustine_ Jacksonville and Miami. Angry whites during school desegregation in Little Rock_ Black Giant Joe Lang kershaw_ the first black to be elected to the Florida House since Reconstruction. He was a school teacher in Miami. 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. « ‹ of 37 › »