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History
Name
100

Name this person

Who is Michael Campbell.  In 1965 Michael Campell dies in the Vietnam war. This is the first Vietnam War casualty from Newtown. 

100

What was the name of this establishment?

Cherry's 

100

In the 1980s, Martin Luther Kind Blvd was known as

27th St or the Corner

100

Who is this?

Roosevelt Snipes

200

Name this person

Who is Dorothye Smith.  She  was appointed as principal of Southside Elementary. She was the first African American named as principal of a predominately white school.

200

Name this popular Newtown eatery

What is West BBQ Stand

200

The name of Sarasota's first African American mayor

Who is Fredd Atkins

200

Name of Newtown's first NFL Superbowl Champion.

Who is Tim Johnson.

300

Name this person

Who is John Rivers

300

The colloquial name of this housing development

What is the Old Projects

300

President Bush was located here when he found out about the 9/11 Twin Towers.

What is Emma E Booker Elementary School.

300

Name this former FSU great

Patrick Carter

400

Name these 3 men Name these 3 men

Who is Jetson Grimes, Robert Taylor, and Fredd Atkins

400

In the 1980s this building

was known as

The Brass Rail

400

What year was Newtown established?

1914

400

Who is this?

Name this gentleman

Lawrence Baker of Baker Gas Station

500

Name this person

Who is Reverend J.H. Floyd

500


Name of this location

The Leonard Reid House

500

First African American with medical privileges at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.

Dr. John W. Chenault

500

Who is this baseball all star?

Who is John Jordan "Buck" Oneil

600

Name this couple

Who are Lewis and Irene Colson

600

The area where the early Black settlers of Sarasota lived was known as...

Black Bottom/Overtown

600

The year Booker High School was moved to its current location 

What is 1939

600

Who is the former Gator legend?

Larry Kennedy

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