{"id":19689,"date":"2016-02-26T16:07:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T21:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=19689"},"modified":"2016-02-29T09:06:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T14:06:21","slug":"tampa-civil-rights-movement-leader-speaks-at-stetson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2016\/02\/26\/tampa-civil-rights-movement-leader-speaks-at-stetson\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa civil rights movement leader speaks at Stetson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa civil rights movement leader Clarence Fort provided the keynote address at the Black History Month Gala on Feb. 19 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport. The program on &#8220;Ascending to New Heights: From Leadership to Legacy&#8221; also recognized influential faculty members. Fort&#8217;s grandson, Kaarl E. Brandon, is a second-year law student at Stetson. He introduced Clarence Fort.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19696\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ClarenceFort.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ClarenceFort-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"Black History Gala keynote Clarence Fort. Photo by Karun Rivero.\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black History Gala keynote Clarence Fort. Photo by Karun Rivero.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s imperative to hear the experiences of local civil rights activists, and to learn about civil rights movements that have taken place right here in Tampa Bay, especially being future practitioners of law,&#8221; said Brandon. &#8220;As we enter positions of influence, the stories of prior generations are powerful tools of uplift, indicia of the fortitude and attitude required to overcome, and prophesy of successful but little known strategies and solutions to similar issues we face today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/localgovernment\/tampa-to-rename-osborne-pond-and-trail-for-lunch-counter-sit-in-leader\/2194889\">Tampa Bay Times<\/a>, in 1960,\u00a0Fort helped lead a\u00a0student sit-in at F.W. Woolworth&#8217;s lunch counter in Tampa. He also worked on integrating Tampa&#8217;s theaters and the\u00a0the city bus service workforce. Fort was one of the first African-American\u00a0Trailways bus line drivers in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Fort told the audience at Stetson\u00a0that while\u00a0on a scheduled trip from Albany, Georgia, to Tallahassee, Florida, he was stopped by an elderly African-American couple. The female passenger wept during the entire trip, and said that she never dreamed she would live long enough to ride a bus driven by an African-American Trailways bus driver. Fort said it was during this trip that he realized the true meaning of Dr. King&#8217;s &#8220;I Have A Dream&#8221; speech.<\/p>\n<p>Fort\u00a0served for decades as a Hillsborough County sheriff&#8217;s deputy. He coordinated the local Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade, founded the Progress Village Foundation and has led a &#8220;Saving Our Children&#8221; program for more than 20 years at New Mount Zion Baptist Church.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19697\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BLSAcheckin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19697 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/BLSAcheckin-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R): Fred Randall (campus security personnel), Chizom Okebugwo (2L), Starcee Brown (3L), Keria McCowen (1L), Annette Collins (3L), Zachariah Wade (3L). Photo by Karun Rivero.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Fred Randall (campus public safety\u00a0personnel), Chizom Okebugwo (2L), Starcee Brown (3L), Keria McCowen (1L), Annette Collins (3L) and Zachariah Wade (3L). Photo by Karun Rivero.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2014, an East Tampa park was named the Clarence Fort Freedom Trail after Fort.<\/p>\n<p>Stetson&#8217;s Black Law Students Association and George Edgecomb Bar Association co-sponsored the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa civil rights movement leader Clarence Fort provided the keynote address at the Black History Month Gala on Feb. 19 at Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport. The program on &#8220;Ascending to New Heights: From Leadership to Legacy&#8221; also recognized influential faculty members. Fort&#8217;s grandson, Kaarl E. 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