People – – Page 9

I AM: A person with a building named after me, part 2

Olive B. McLin was an educator for more than 40 years, community activist, cultural…

I AM Freddie Dyles, educator and basketball coach. In 1964, I joined Gibbs High School…

John Evans was brutally lynched and shot on Nov. 12, 1914, by a mob of 1,500 white men,…

Author and poet Rosalie Peck co-wrote ‘St. Petersburg’s Historic 22nd Street…

Perkins T. Shelton was a political and civil rights activist and a staunch defender of…

Iveta Jones Martin-Berry was a pharmacist and community activist. By Gwendolyn Reese…

Fred G. Minnis Sr. is often called the grandfather of African-American lawyers in…

Rosa Jackson served Thanksgiving dinners for 23 years to anyone who was hungry until…

John Black opened Geech’s in the 1930s and sold it in 1973. By Gwendolyn Reese…

John L.Copeland was a pastor at Macedonia Free Will Baptist Church for about 23 years and…

Mr. John Hopkins Sr. seen here receiving one of his many awards. By Gwendolyn Reese…

During Emanuel M. W. Stewart’s tenure at Gibbs High School, the school received its…

Louise Graham founded the Florence Nightingale Circle in 1952 to help developmentally…

Norman Jones Sr. was a photographer, publicist, journalist, entrepreneur, and political…

Sidney Harden Sr.’s grocery store was a mainstay in the Black Community for…

Marie Yopp became the first Black registered nurse at the Pinellas County Health…

Famed Tuskegee Airmen, Alvin J. “Al” Downing, was an influential jazz musician,…

Seventh president of St. Petersburg College, Dr. Tonjua Williams ST. PETERSBURG —…