TALLAHASSEE — Sen. Geraldine Thompson, a long-serving legislator and “trailblazing” civil-rights leader from Central Florida, died after complications from knee surgery, her family announced Thursday.

The Orlando Democrat was first elected to the Florida House in 2006 and served multiple terms in both House and Senate.

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Thompson, an educator, established the Wells’Built Museum of African American History and Culture in Orlando. ORLANDO, Fla. — ...

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