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How Ron DeSantis is gaslighting Black Floridians
The misshapen world that Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Leonard Leo, and other MAGA extremists are attempting to cement into ...
State Sen. Geraldine Thompson — veteran educator, lawmaker and civil rights champion — dies at 76 after complications from knee surgery
The longtime lawmaker was remembered as a passionate education advocate and a civil rights icon who pushed for African ...
Central Florida legislator Geraldine Thompson, a civil-rights leader, dies at 76
TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a long-serving legislator and “trailblazing” civil-rights leader from Central Florida, died after complications from knee surgery, her family announced Thursday.
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Geraldine Thompson, Orlando lawmaker and trailblazer, dies at 76
Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a Democrat who represented Orlando in the Legislature for two decades and was a Black historian, ...
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65 years later: Former Florida legislator reflects on role in 1960 DeLand sit-ins
Joyce Cusack, now 82, participated in a 1960 lunch counter sit-in in DeLand, Florida, at the age of 17 to protest segregation ...