BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRICAN AMERICAN " JOE LANG KERSHAW " WAS A POLITICIAN, CIVICS TEACHER AND A GRADUATE OF FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK HEROES "

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Joe Lang Kershaw

Joe Lang Kershaw
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 105th district
In office 1968–1982
Personal details
Born	June 27, 1911 Live Oak, Florida
Died	November 7, 1999 (aged 88) Miami, Florida
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Terri Jo Barron
Alma mater	Florida A&M University

Joe Lang Kershaw, Sr. (June 27, 1911 – November 7, 1999) was an American politician, civics teacher, and a graduate of Florida A&M University.^[1] The first African-American legislator in the state of Florida after Reconstruction, he was elected in November 1968 to serve in the Florida House of Representatives for Dade County, which he went on to do for 14 years, until 1982.^[2] He died of congestive heart failure at a hospital in 1999.^[3] His son, Joe Lang Kershaw, Jr. also served in the House of Representatives.^[4]