FLORENCE L.

TATE

In Loving Memory of Florence L. Tate 1931 — 2014

“They came to Change a Nation and Lift Up a People”

Florence L. Tate, Civil Rights Activist, Journalist, and Press Secretary. She served as as Communications Director of the National Urban Coalition, and National Information Coordinator for ’72 African Liberation Day Coordinating Committee — landed Tate the role of Press Secretary in Marion Barry’s first campaign in his successful bid for Mayor of Washington D.C. in 1978, and Press Secretary during his first two years in office. Later she would repeat that role for Jesse Jackson’s 1984 Presidential campaign — during which time she traveled with him to Damascus, Syria during his historic rescue mission to free downed U.S. Air Force pilot Lt. Robert Goodman.

Florence Tate, Beloved Elder Sister, human/civil rights pioneer and the FBIs Most Wanted Press Secretary.