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June 17, 2024. (2024-06-17) (aged 78) Alma mater. Dartmouth College ( AB) Harvard University ( JD) Robert A. Dressler (August 26, 1945 – June 17, 2024) was an American lawyer and politician. His most prominent public office was mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1982 to 1986. Dressler cutting his birthday cake during a party.
Leader in segregated Fort Lauderdale. Spouse. Margie Sweet Dallas. James A. Dallas Sr. (December 19, 1917 – April 9, 2004) was an American educator, entrepreneur, musical patron and civic leader from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [1][2] He was the first African-American man to have a street in downtown Fort Lauderdale named in his honor. [3]
Clay Shaw (politician) Eugene Clay Shaw Jr. (April 19, 1939 – September 10, 2013) was an American jurist and Republican politician who served as mayor of Fort Lauderdale and represented South Florida in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 until 2007. [1] He was defeated for re-election by Ron Klein in 2006.
Honors. Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park. Eula Mae Gandy Johnson [1] (1906–2001) was an American activist in the civil rights movement. She is known for her work to end Jim Crow segregation in public beaches, schools, restaurants in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [2] She was considered by many to be the "Rosa Parks of Fort Lauderdale."
t. e. The history of Fort Lauderdale, Florida began more than 4,000 years ago with the arrival of the first aboriginal natives, and later with the Tequesta Indians, who inhabited the area for more than a thousand years. Though control of the area changed among Spain, England, the United States, and the Confederate States of America, it remained ...
Edward John Trombetta (died January 27, 2008) was an American politician. [2] [3] [4] He served as a Democratic member for the 89th district of the Florida House of Representatives from 1970 to 1972.