Portrait of Doug Jamerson

Creator

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Creation Date

January 1980

Time Period

circa 1980s

Abstract

A portrait of a smiling Doug Jamerson.

Keywords

Portraits, Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives

Extent

1 black-and-white photograph

Media Type

Black-and-white photographs

Format

Digital Only

Note

Douglas "Tim" Jamerson was the first Black person to be elected to the Florida Legislature from Pinellas County in 1982. He represented District 55 in the House of Representatives for 11 years. He then served as the first Black State Commissioner of Education under Governor Lawton Chiles. He also served as the State Secretary of the Department of Labor from 1995 to 1998. Douglas L. Jamerson Elementary School in St. Petersburg is named after him.

Provenance

Donated and permissions granted by The Weekly Challenger to USFSP Nelson Poynter Memorial Library, Special Collections & University Archives on October 25, 2016

Digital Responsible Institution

University of South Florida, St. Petersburg

Dissemenation File Format

JPEG

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Portrait of Doug Jamerson" (1980). Weekly Challenger Image Collection. Image 114.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/challenger_images/114