FORUM Magazine Summer/Fall 2004

FORUM Magazine Summer/Fall 2004

Here Today...
By Gary R. Mormino
Do you remember those great Floridans,
John Gorrie and Edmund Smith? No?
Well, how about Wankard Pooser?
"Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us," instructs the Book of Ecclesiastes. "Their seed shall remain forever, and their glory shall not be blotted out." How we honor our past and present heroes tells much about our society.
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Leroy Collins
By Martin A. Dyckman
When former Gov. LeRoy Collins died in 1991, the Legislature memorialized him as "Floridian of the Century." That was one time the lawmakers got something just right. Collins didn't merely govern; he led. Above all, he helped lead the entire South out of the wilderness of racial discrimination.
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Table of Contents

Grit and Greatness: Unforgettable Floridians
Harry T. Moore
Stetson Kennedy

Al Burt
Michael C. Browning

MaVynee Betsch
Carolyn Williams

Totch Brown
Gary R. Mormino

The Crews Brothers
Al Burt

Lois Lenski
Kathy Arsenault

Victoriano Manteiga
Ferdie Pacheco

Kat Twine
David Nolan

Guy Bradley
Stuart McIver

Buddy Davis
Robert N. Pierce

Henry Ohumukini
Tina Bucuvalas

Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Jack E. Davis

A. Philip Randolph
Raymond Arsenault

Chief Jim Billie
Peter B. Gallagher

Stephen C. O'Connell
Michael Gannon