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American Beach was co-founded in 1935 by Florida's first black millionaire, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, and his Afro-American Life Insurance Company. [5] A. L. Lewis was one of the original founders of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in 1901; with little education he became a world traveler, investor, philanthropist, and the first African-American millionaire in the state of Florida.
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, ... according to the Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History ...
In 2001, the 1956 version by James Brown and the Famous Flames on Federal Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. [ 7 ] The song was ranked number 272 among the greatest singles ever made in Dave Marsh 's 1989 book The Heart of Rock & Soul . [ 8 ]
Cusick, James G., The Other War of 1812: The Patriot War and the American Invasion of Spanish East Florida. Athens, University of Georgia Press. 2007; Davis, T. Frederick, MacGregor's Invasion of Florida, 1817; Together with an account of his successors Hubbard and Aury on Amelia Island, East Florida. The Florida Historical Society quarterly.
J. Hyatt Brown (born July 12, 1937) is an American billionaire businessman and politician in the state of Florida. Brown was born in Orlando and grew up in Daytona Beach. [2] He attended the University of Florida and works in the insurance industry. [3] Brown sat in the Florida House of Representatives for the 31st district, as a Democrat, from ...
Fernandina Beach is a city in northeastern Florida and the county seat of Nassau County, Florida, United States. It is the northernmost city on Florida's Atlantic coast, situated on Amelia Island , and is one of the municipalities comprising Greater Jacksonville (formally the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area ).
The Famous Flames were an American rhythm and blues, soul vocal group [1] founded in Toccoa, Georgia, in 1953 by Bobby Byrd. James Brown first began his career as a member of the Famous Flames, emerging as the lead singer by the time of their first appearance in a professional recording, "Please, Please, Please", in 1956.
John Henry "Jabo" Starks (/ ˈ dʒ æ b oʊ /; October 26, 1937 [a] – May 1, 2018), [1] sometimes spelled Jab'o, was an American funk and blues drummer best known for playing with James Brown as well as other notable musicians including Bobby Bland and B.B. King. A self-taught musician, he was known for his effective and clean drum patterns.