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In 1982 she was a Pulitzer finalist for her investigation of drug trafficking in north central Florida counties. [5] [7] She became Capital Bureau chief in Tallahassee in 1986 and later worked on special projects and as a columnist. A 2012 All Things Considered profile described Morgan as "an institution in Florida". [8]
She was killed by a bullet that entered her apartment through a window. [94] March 19, 2022 Sierra Jenkins: The Virginian-Pilot: Norfolk, Virginia: The 25-year-old reporter was one of two people killed when gunfire erupted outside a popular Norfolk, Va. nightspot. [95] September 3, 2022: Jeff German: Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas, Nevada
Florida’s first Black, board-certified general surgeon and a former president of the Miami branch of the NAACP, Simpson was a pioneer whose work helped shape South Florida into what it is today.
Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and '70s who was dubbed "the Princess of Black Poetry," has died. She was 81. She was 81.
Anita Bryant, a former beauty queen and pop singer of the 1960s whose career led her to become a spokesperson for Florida oranges in the early ’70s and an evangelical crusader against gay rights ...
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist, black rights activist, women's rights activist, organizer [17] – February 20, 1895 [18] W. E. B. Du Bois , activist, writer, founder of NAACP E
Carmel Cafiero, a veteran South Florida investigative reporter, mentor, and pioneer for women in journalism, died Friday, her daughter said. She was 76. The former Plantation resident joined WSVN ...
On June 13, 2020, two community activists local to the Tallahassee area, 19-year old Oluwatoyin Salau and 75-year old Victoria Sims, were found murdered in Tallahassee, Florida. The suspect, Aaron Glee Jr., who was 49 at the time of the murders, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and felony murder among other charges.