Florence Ridlon

About The Author

Florence Ridlon received a PhD in sociology from Syracuse University. She was the cofounder of the Jim Thorpe Foundation, which is credited with the return of Thorpe's Olympic gold medals and records, and she is a technical advisor on the forthcoming movie Bright Path: The Jim Thorpe Story. She and her husband, Bob Wheeler, own the public-relations firm Wheeler/Ridlon Communications.

Books by Florence Ridlon

A Black Physician's Struggle for Civil Rights

Edward C. Mazique, M.D.

By Florence Ridlon
This powerful biography traces the career of an African American physician and civil rights advocate, Edward Craig Mazique (1911–1987), from the poverty and discrimination of Natchez, Mississippi, to his status as a prominent physician in Washington, DC. This moving story of one man’s accomplishm...
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