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    “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” African proverb

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    Debbie Trice
    James and Yvonne Brown
    Retired administrators

    Dr. Edward E. James II
    Black Almanac Director/Producer/Host

    Betty Johnson
    Retired Librarian

    Erin Dean
    Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anthropology,
    New College of Florida

    Rev. Patrick Miller
    Bethlehem Bible Church

    Rev. Kelvin Lumpkin
    Light of the World Senior Pastor

    Dr. John Walker
    Bethel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Senior Pastor

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    Carolyn Y. Major Harper
    Retired Educator

    Ronnique Major Hundley
    Sarasota County Educator

    Dr. Rachel Shelley
    Booker High School Principal

    Dr. Harriet Moore
    McIntosh Middle School Principal

    John McCarthy
    Dr. Louis Robison
    LAYR, Inc. President and CEO

    Robert C. Hayden
    Author, Co-Author, Editor
    Washington Hill, M.D., FACOG

    Lauretta Anderson

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    Lisa Merritt
    M.D., Kinesia Rehab Group
    Multicultural Health Institute

    Hon. Charles E. Williams
    Chief Judge – 12th Judicial Circuit
    State of Florida

    Coach James Ward
    Riverview High School

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    Black Almanac

    Tempo News

    Sarasota Herald Tribune

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    West Coast Woman

    The Observer

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    SNN

    METV

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    Keith E. Dubose
    Matthews Eastmoore Trial Lawyers

    Kelly Causey Icard
    Merrill Attorneys & Counselors

    Douglas A. Cherry
    Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

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    Linda Harradine
    Legal Aid of Manasota

    Judy Burns
    Legal Aid of Manasota

    Pamela Fields
    Legal Aid of Manasota

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    Beresford Powell

    Verna Hall

    Eddie L. Rainey Jr.

    Jesse Johnson

    Patrick Carter

    Sheila Sanders

    Jetson Grimes

    Dr. Harriet Moore

    Estella Moore-Thomas

    Dr. Rachel Shelley

    Dr. Thomas Clyburn

    John Rivers

    Shelia Atkins

    Dr. Edward E. James II

    James and Yvonne Brown

    Fredd Atkins

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    Rev. Jerome Dupree

    Dr. Louis Robison

    Dr. Fannie McDugle

    Helen Dixon

    Alberta Hamilton

    Johnny Hunter Sr.

    Rev. Kelvin Lumpkin

    Carolyn Mason

    Willie Charles Shaw

    Verna Hall

    Edward James III

    Gwendolyn Atkins

    Henrietta Gayles Cunningham

    Etienne J. Porter

    Elder Willie Mays Jr.

    Rosa Lee Thomas

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    Prevell Barber

    Nathaniel Harvey

    Trevor D. Harvey

    Betty Jean Johnson

    Wade Harvin

    Mary Alice Simmons

    Dorothye Smith

    Julian Ross Moreland

    Margaret Moreland Cherry Mitchell

    Robert L. Taylor

    Walter L. Gilbert III

    Ethel Reid Hayes (audio cassette)

    Anthony B. Major

    Glossie Atkins

    Alice Faye Jones

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    Newtown Residents

    Dr. Clifford Smith
    City of Sarasota Office of Neighborhoods

    Newtown Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board

    Lorna Alston
    Newtown Redevelopment Office

    Dru Jones
    Newtown Redevelopment Office

    Rowena Elliott
    Newtown Redevelopment Office

    Manasota Association for the Study of African American Life and History

    Hon. Charles E. Williams
    Chief Judge-12th Judicial Circuit State of Florida

    Charlie Ann Syprett
    Chair of the Sarasota County Bar Association Diversity Committee

    Amaryllis Park Neighborhood Association

    Gary Oslin
    State College of Florida photographer/videographer

    Del Jacobs
    State College of Florida

    Bill Hartman
    William Hartman Gallery

    Lem Andrews
    Booker High School

    Cultural Resource Center
    North Sarasota Public Library

    Kim Stocker
    Program Specialist / Senior Producer, The Education Channel

    Frances Bermudez
    North County Sarasota Public Library

    Colin Moore
    B.S.M.C.

    Brendan Moore
    M.S.C.E.

    Jenny Acheson
    Photographer

    John Mays Family

    Thelma Upshaw

    Che Barnett

    Cynthia Wilson Graham

    The Coffee Loft

    Manatee Village Historical Park

    Helen Dixon

    Mary Tinson

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    North Sarasota County
    Neighborhood Association

    Diane McGuerty, GIS Analyst
    City of Sarasota

    Miranda Lansdale
    Sarasota County Government

    Jane Grogg
    Sarasota County Government

    Robert L. Taylor
    Community Complex staff

    Alecia Gregory
    Trickey Jennus Advertising

    Tom Jennus
    Trickey Jennus Advertising

    Ringling College of Art and Design

    Melanie Thomas
    Ringling College of Art and Design

    Nikelle Mackey
    Ringling College of Art and Design

    B. McCourtney
    Photographer

    Steve Katzman
    Photographer

    Shenell Reed
    Social Media Strategist

    Dr. Roy L. Baptiste

    Daryl Waters

    Sonya Waterhouse

    Flori Roberts

    Jane Kirschner

    Sally Lucky

    David Feldmar

    Wendell Fletcher

    Kathy Byrd Pobee

    Michael Dixon

    Glenda Williams

    Al Abrams

    Debra Livingston

    Art Larkins

    Wallace Boyd

    Charlie Rivers

    Donald Haygood

    Tarelton Cherry

    Izone Imaging

    Cornerstone Signs and Graphics

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    Corin Grover
    Ringling College of Art and Design

    Jarred Wilson
    Ringling Museum

    Larry Kelleher
    Sarasota County Historical Resources

    Steve Koski
    Sarasota County Historical Resources

    Esther Washington
    Smithsonian African American History Museum

    James A. Gordon
    Smithsonian African American History Museum

    Justin Dunnavant
    University of Florida

    University of South Florida

    Dr. Uzi Baram
    New College of Florida

    Victoria McCullough
    New College of Florida

    Sam Sanford
    New College of Florida

    Kathy Marsh
    Family Heritage House Museum

    Tuskegee University

    Savannah State University

    Dr. Tashia Bradley
    Wilberforce University

    Mary Butler

    James McCloud
    Genesis Health Services, Inc.

    Rosa Lee Thomas

    Gary E. Probst
    Producer/Editor

    Dennis Clove

    Marc Dortch

    Eileen West

    Jackie Woods

    Henry Richardson

    Michelle Smith

    Jeraline Baker Graham

    Michael Suarez

    John Rivers Family

    Jack & Mary Emma Jones Family

    Wright & Sarah Bush Family

    Fredd & Shelia Atkins Family

    Horras & Willie Mae Sheffield Family

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