Canter Brown, Jr., is retired professor of history, having taught at Florida A&M University and Fort Valley State University. The author of numerous published works, his scholarship has been recognized with a variety of awards including the Florida Historical Society’s Michael V. Gannon Lifetime Achievement Award.

Larry E. Rivers, Distinguished Professor of History at Florida A&M University, is the author of numerous works, and the recipient of the Arthur W. Thompson Award from the Florida Historical Society and the Carter G. Woodson Award from the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.