Florida African-American Notables

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Location: Florida, United States
Surnames/tags: Black_Heritage Notables Florida

US Black Heritage Project Florida Team

The Florida Team covers activity for the US Black Heritage Project in the state of Florida.

Florida African-American Notables

• Entertainment Figures

• Julian Edwin Adderley (1928-1975), jazz alto saxophonist of the hard bop era
• Sidney Poitier (1927-2022), born in Florida, first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor

• Sports Figures

• John Henry "Pop" Lloyd, was a Negro League shortstop Hall of Famer, "Regarded as finest shortstop to play in Negro Baseball"

• "Politicians and Government Office Holders"

• James Dean (1858-1914), first African-American judge elected in Florida after Reconstruction