Pasco-Hernando State College President Emeritus Robert Judson, who spent a decade leading the institution and was the first Black community college president in Florida passed September 17, 2018. He was 77. [PHSC]
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Getting Out the Vote: Takes a Village of Individuals and an Army of Organizations
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