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Attorney Armstrong Purdee (1856-1937), was the first professionally trained African American lawyer in Jackson County, Florida. According to the online resource Roots Web, "Armstrong Purdee was born into slavery on the Wardell Plantation in Jackson County, FL, March 16,

1856. His account of the Battle of Marianna was published in The Kalendar, the monthly publication of the Men's Club, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Marianna, FL, Vol. | No. 3. June 1.
1857. After slavery. Purdee, a protégé of Florida State Senator William H. Milton, became the first African American lawyer in Jackson County, a successful businessman, and an influential community leader. Froma the 1890s until the mid- 1920s. Purdee published the West Florida Bugle, a Black newspaper.*
      Source: Armstrong Purdee - Roots Web htps://sites.rootsweb.com/-gals/Actstrats.homl

"Harper’s Magazine, the oldest general-interest monthly in America, explores the issues that drive our national conversation, through long-form narrative journalism and essays, and such celebrated features as the iconic Harper’s Index. With its emphasis on fine writing and original thought Harper’s provides readers with a unique perspective on politics, society, the environment, and culture. The essays, fiction, and reporting in the magazine’s pages come from promising new voices, as well as some of the most distinguished names in American letters, among them Annie Dillard, Barbara Ehrenreich, Jonathan Franzen, Mary Gaitskill, David Foster Wallace, and Tom Wolfe.

Harper’s Magazine made its debut in June 1850, the brainchild of the prominent New York book-publishing firm Harper & Brothers. The initial press run of 7,500 copies sold out immediately, and within six months circulation had reached 50,000."

• Information sourced from https://harpers.org/history/

Mr. Charles Hamilton was an African-American landowner, farmer, and businessman who lived
in Marion County, Florida, during the late 1800s and turn of the twentieth century. Marion
The county is located in Central Florida. According to information from the 1900 US Census, the
Hamilton Family patriarch, listed as Charly Hamilton, was born during slavery in 1853 and
possibly migrated to Florida from South Carolina after the Civil War. Charly and his wife
Georgia had three sons, Richard, Charlie, and Jonas, and two daughters, Estelle and Texella.
Hamilton and his descendants also owned property and conducted business in neighboring Levy
County.

Dr. James L. Hudson was born in 1904 in Birmingham, Alabama. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from the institution in 1926. After graduating, he was ordained as a minister and then enrolled in Colgate-Rochester School of religion, where he camed a divinity degree in 1931. Afterwards, he worked as a chaplain at Leland College in Louisiana until 1946. Later he was carned a doctoral degree from Boston College. Following this, he accepted a position as a chaplain and professor at Florida A&M University (FAMU). At FAMU he created the institution's Department of Religion and Philosophy and served as its first departmental chairperson. In Tallahassee, Hudson was a close friend with another Morchouse graduate, Rev Charles K. Steele, pastor of the city's Bethel Baptist Church. The two religious leaders worked on numerous civil rights campaigns including the 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott.
Hudson was also president of the Tallahassee Ministerial Alliance, a co-founder and active member of the Inter-Civic Council. Even after retiring from FAMU in 1973, Rev. Hudson remained active in civil rights and social justice initiatives. He died in 1980.

The records in this small collection consist of certificates, policyholder documents, news clippings, occupational licenses, and photographs.

***Special Note: The Central Life Insurance Company of Florida records were forwarded to the Black Archives from the Florida Department of Insurance.

Inclusive subjects, special note, and description of processing procedures provided by Armentha Ray and supervised by M. Dawson circa 1995.

The majority of records in this collection were hand-written letters from Bishop Sims to his sister Mrs. Miriam Sims-Tooke. The majority of the letters were written by Sims while he was working in South Africa. The collection also contained cards and photographs.

His father, Rev. Felix Rice Sims, was well educated and of high standing in his community, and the son has kept the family traditions. While at Oberlin College, he was noted for his ability as an athlete, playing on both the football and track teams. He was a winner of scholarships for four successive years at Oberlin College. He was elected treasurer of the Divinity Council while at Oberlin. He was elected by his class of several hundred white men and women to deliver the "Mantle and Key" Oration at Commencement on graduating from Oberlin Divinity School.

He was the coach of the Football and Baseball teams at Morris Brown University from 1912-1917 and at Allen University from 1917-1924. He was a Football Official under the auspices of the Rules Committee, of which Walter Camp was President, 1918-24.

President Sims was appointed a special messenger representing the State of South Carolina to attend the National Educational gathering at Topeka, Kansas, by Governor McLeod? (source text unclear), in July 1925.

Inclusive subjects and description of processing procedures provided by E.M.V., S. Y. Wilks, and Murell Vinson circa 1985.