Central Life Insurance Company
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Central Life Insurance Company (1922 – 1991) was an American insurance company, founded by prominent African Americans in Tampa, Florida, U.S.. The company founders included Mary McLeod Bethune, George Schroeder Middleton, L. A. Howell, T. L. Lowrie, S. J. Johnson, C. H. Norton (dentist), and W. D. Potter.[1][2] It loaned money to Black-owned businesses and was established during the Jim Crow era of segregation and discrimination.[3]
In 1978, Edward D. Davis led it.[4] The company was shut down by the state in August 1991.[5] It had been struggling financially.[5]
One of its founders, George Schroeder Middleton, had a high school named after him in 1934, George Schroeder Middleton Senior High School (now George S. Middleton High School).[6]
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References
- ↑ African Americans in Florida by Maxine D. Jones and Kevin M. McCarthy Pineapple Press (1993) page 68
- ↑ Jones, Maxine D.; McCarthy, Kevin M. (2014-10-01). African Americans in Florida. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 68. ISBN 978-1-56164-822-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Craddock, John (April 9, 1991). "Time running out for Central Life". Tampa Bay Times. ISSN 2327-9052.
- ↑ "Black Enterprise". Earl G. Graves, Ltd. June 2, 1978. p. 152 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 McKinnon, John D. (August 28, 1991). "State shuts down insurer". Tampa Bay Times. ISSN 2327-9052.
- ↑ "Reunion stirs sweet, bitter recollections". Tampa Bay Times. August 19, 1991.
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