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Florence L. Florence Tate FBI Most Wanted Secretary
March 2, 2013 10pm ET LIVE
Witnesses On the Bridge: Florence L. Tate, Civil Rights Activist, Journalist, and Press Secretary
She recounts Life from Days in Jim Crow South to the1984 Jesse Jackson Presidential Bid in New Memoir
Many would think becoming an octogenarian reserves one the right to rest on her laurels — but Florence L. Tate, 81, says, “There’s still work to be done.”
The former Civil Rights activist, Dayton Daily News reporter, and press secretary for the historic 1984 Jesse Jackson Presidential campaign has lived through seven decades of American epochs – and now she’s writing about her impressive experiences and achievements in a new memoir – tentatively titled, The FBI’s Most Wanted Press Secretary Opens Her Files on Civil Rights, the Black Power Movement, and Black Partisan Politics.