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Dates to remember ahead of the 2024 Florida General Election Sept. 21: This is the deadline for stateside and overseas military, and out-of-country civilians, to request a vote-by-mail ballot.
The history of Black people in Florida dates back to the pre-American period, beginning with the arrival of Congolese-Spanish conquistador Juan Garrido in 1513, the enslaved Afro-Spanish explorer Estevanico in 1528, and the landing of free and African enslaved persons at Mission Nombre de Dios in the future St. Augustine, Florida in 1565.
African-American state legislators in Florida (84 P) Pages in category "African-American people in Florida politics" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The 2025 Florida's 1st congressional district special election will be held on April 1, 2025 [1] to fill a vacant seat in Florida's 1st congressional district previously occupied by Matt Gaetz, who resigned on November 13, 2024, after president-elect Donald Trump nominated him for attorney general of the United States. [2]
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The earliest known Black American journalists in Florida were John T. Shuften and John Wallace, who both worked for newspapers that were otherwise white. The first newspaper by and for Black Americans in Florida was The New Era, which Josiah T. Walls purchased in 1873. [1]
In a challenge to the state’s new anti-DEI rules, the head of the NAACP is calling on Black student athletes to reconsider attending Florida public colleges and universities.
The 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the 28 U.S. representatives from the State of Florida, one from each of the state's congressional districts.