Florida state Rep. Geraldine Thompson of Orlando was born in 1948 in New Orleans, and her birth certificate, she said, is labeled "colored." ...more

August 26, 2008

Bob Devin Jones' portrayal of Harry T. Moore, civil-rights activist, executive director of the NAACP of Florida and generally considered America's first civil-rights martyr, attracted more than 40 local residents Jan. 13 to the Brandon Regional Library. ...more

January 30, 2008

The public is invited to a free one-man show by writer, director and performer Bob Devin Jones of St. Petersburg at 2 p.m. Sunday at Brandon Regional Library, 619 Vonderburg Drive. Jones will portray Harry T. Moore, generally considered the first civil rights martyr in America, the night before he was killed and his wife, Harriette, was fatally injured by a bomb exploding under the floor of their bedroom on Christmas Day 1951, in Mims. ...more

January 7, 2008