Tampa Neighborhood

Influential Black individuals

Blanche Armwood

Blanche Armwood was a pioneer in Florida education. Learn about her incredible life and career. 

You can view a bust of Blanche Armwood on the Historical Monumnet Trail along Tampa's Riverwalk. Her is located at marker number 28,

Video about Armwood

Articles about Armwood

| American African Registery

| Hillsborough County Public Library 

| USF Scholar Commons

| Fox 13 Tampa Bay

| WFTS Tampa Bay News

| Hillsborough County Newsroom

Robert W. Saunders, Sr.

Robert "Bob" W. Saunders, Sr. was leading civil rights activist in Florida and former leader of the NAACP. Learn more about his extraordinary life. 

Videos about Saunders

Remembering Robert W. Saunders, Sr.

Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Public Library Demolition

Fred Hearns’ memory of the Robert W. Saunders, Sr., Public Library

Fred Hearns' memory of the Robert W. Saunders, Sr., Public Library from Library History Roadshow on Vimeo.

Articles about Saunders

 | Hillsborough County Public Library 

| Tampa Bay Times 

| USF Digital Collection

Madame Fortune Taylor  

A former slave, business owner and community leader. She amassed more than 30 acres of land along the eastern bank of the Hillsborough River in the 1800s, Fortune Taylor was a true Tampa pioneer.

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Articles about Taylor