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Riverwalk To Welcome Dr. Benjamin Mays Bust
This is the Riverwalk Final Bronze Bust Cere- mony
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays,
executive director of the Tampa Urban League in 1927- 1928, will be honored Friday, December 1, 2017, 11 a. m., when his bronze bust will join five other inductees on the Tampa Riverwalk. Mays will become the ninth Black person among a total of thirty (30) cit- izens honored with a bronze bust on the Riverwalk.
The Tampa Riverwalk His- toric Monuments Committee induction ceremony is open to the public and will be held in the rear of the Tampa Conven- tion Center along the Hillsbor- ough River. Limited seating will be available. Former stu- dents at Atlanta, Georgia’s Morehouse College are espe- cially invited to attend.
“Since 2012 our committee
has researched the history of numerous men and women who have made significant contributions to Tampa and nominated them for this honor,” said monument com- mittee member Fred Hearns. “Under the leader- ship of Atty. Steve Ander- son and others, we will induct six more worthy persons this year.”
Along with Dr. Mays, other 2017 inductees will be Frank Adamo, M. D., Eliza- beth D. Bernard, Gover- nor Ossian B. Hart, Victoriano Manteiga and Stephen M. Sparkman. Persons must have died at least fifteen (15) years prior to their nomination to become el- igible for inclusion on the Riverwalk.
Dr. Mays came to Tampa to lead the city’s Urban League (following Blanche Arm- wood). In 1927, he co-au-
DR. BENJAMIN E. MAYS ...Former Executive Director, Tampa Urban League; 6th President, Morehouse College
thored A Study of Negro Life in Tampa, also known as the Raper Report. This compre- hensive analysis of the living conditions of Black people in Tampa provided the documen- tation that resulted in – among other things -- local govern- ment’s first monetary support of the Tampa Negro Hospital,
founded by Nurse Clara Frye in 1908. Dr. Mays and his wife, Sadie, also hosted Dr. Carter G. Woodson (the father of Black History Month) in their Tampa Heights home.
The Mays supported nu- merous needy juveniles in Tampa at a time when there were few effective social serv- ice options available to Blacks. After they left Tampa he later served as the 6th president of Atlanta’s Morehouse College (1940-1967).
Previous Black inductees
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into the Tampa Riverwalk Monument group are: 2012 - Nurse/Humanitarian Clara Frye; 2013 - Florida Sentinel- Bulletin Founder C. Blythe Andrews; Afro-Cuban Free- dom Fighter Paulina Pe- droso and Businessman Garfield D. (Rogers Park) Rogers; 2014 - Atty./Educa- tor Blanche Armwood and Businessman/Philanthropist Moses White; 2015 - Educa- tor/Businessman Edward D. Davis and Atty. Francisco Rodriguez.
Solid Waste Collection
There will be no residential collection on Friday, November 10, 2017. Collection will resume for these residents on Tuesday, November 14, 2017.
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