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  2. McCollum Hall (Fort Myers, Florida) - Wikipedia

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    McCollum Hall is a historic building block that was an entertainment venue in Fort Myers, Florida. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places [1] and is a site on Florida's Black Heritage Trail. [2] It included a gas station and was listed in The Negro Motorist Green Book guide for African Americans.

  3. List of African-American historic places in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Slavery in the colonial history of the US; Revolutionary War; Antebellum period; Slavery and military history during the Civil War; Reconstruction era. Politicians; Juneteenth; Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement; Post–civil rights era; Aspects; Agriculture ...

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Lee County ...

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    Fort Myers Beach: 41: Mound Key Site: August 12, 1970 : Address Restricted: Fort Myers Beach: Part of the Archeological Resources of the Caloosahatchee Region MPS: 42: Murphy-Burroughs House: Murphy-Burroughs House

  5. Freedom Towns: A Vast but Largely Forgotten Movement of ... - AOL

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    Clark himself served as mayor for over a decade; in Eatonville's early days, his shop did double duty as town hall. Buildings and families have come and gone since then, but the community has kept ...

  6. Fort Myers, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in and the county seat [7] of Lee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 86,395; it was estimated to have grown to 95,949 in 2022, making it the 25th-most populous city in Florida. [ 5 ]

  7. Category:African-American history of Florida - Wikipedia

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    McCollum Hall (Fort Myers, Florida) Killing of Tony McDade; Killing of Markeis McGlockton; McLaughlin v. Florida; Miami Boys; Von Delany Mizell; Monson Motor Lodge; 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests; Harry T. Moore; Richard V. Moore; Christine Wigfall Morris

  8. Southwest Florida Museum of History - Wikipedia

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    The Southwest Florida Museum of History (SWFLM) is a history museum in Fort Myers, Florida. [1] The museum is in historic downtown Ft. Myers, in a former Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot at 2031 Jackson Street (one block south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard). It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm.

  9. Opinion: Should Gaines go? Erasing history on street signs is ...

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    The core of Tallahassee's downtown streets are named for men who were heroes at the time of our founding.