R.L. Lewis is one of the quietly creative and versatile figures of a Florida Landscape Artist tradition that has become known as THE HIGHWAYMEN. He is also a retired Art Teacher of 32 years in the Brevard County School System.

Harry Tyson Moore (November 18, 1905 – December 25, 1951) was an African-American educator, a pioneer leader of the civil rights movement, founder of the first branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Brevard County, Florida, and president of the state chapter of the NAACP.

Zora Neale Hurston is considered one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature.

Rosa Lee Jones was an educated black woman when few had the opportunity to complete college, a respected activist and journalist.

Jewel Collins was the first African American woman elected to the Cocoa City Council, where she served from 1999 to 2008. She also worked with the Diamond Square Community Redevelopment Agency.  See also www.collinsmuseumcocoa.org/collins