In a state so often divided along partisan lines, Democrats and Republicans alike were moved to tears as they gathered in the ...

Geraldine Thompson. Thompson died Feb. 13 at the age of 76 after serving almost two decades in the Florida Legislature in both the House and Senate. "Senator Thompson spent her career committed to ...

Civil rights leader, educator and longtime Florida Democrat legislator Geraldine Thompson, who died at 76 after complications from knee surgery, was first elected to the Florida House in 2006.

Geraldine Thompson, a longtime legislator, civil rights legend and educator who died on Feb. 13 at the age of 76, following complications ... ‘when an elder dies, a library is burned to the ...

Darryl Rouson said Thompson “epitomized Black history.” “I’m reminded of the African proverb that says, ‘when an elder dies ... “except when Geraldine spoke.” A public school ...