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

Geraldine Thompson, a longtime legislator, civil rights legend and educator who died on Feb. 13 at the age of 76, following complications from knee-replacement surgery. Thompson’s husband and ...

Ron DeSantis has ordered flags to fly at half-staff today, March 13, in honor of Sen. Geraldine Thompson. Thompson died Feb. 13 at the age of 76 after serving almost two decades in the Florida ...

Geraldine Thompson, remembered as a “giant” in Florida politics, Black history and civil rights. “She was tenacious,” said former state Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa. “She always did ...

Ed Hooper said, “except when Geraldine spoke.” A public school teacher, community college administrator and historian, Thompson also founded the Wells’Built Museum of African American ...

Ron DeSantis has ordered flags to fly at half-staff on Thursday in honor of Sen. Geraldine Thompson, who died last month. "Senator Thompson spent her career committed to public service," DeSantis ...

Geraldine Thompson, a longtime Central Florida lawmaker, educator and civil rights champion, died after complications from knee replacement surgery, her family announced late Thursday. Thompson ...