The Winter Park Advocate - G.C. Henderson

G.C. Henderson

Henderson was born on November 16, 1862, in Columbia County, near Lake City. Before moving to Winter Park, Henderson was Florida’s first black traveling salesman. When that job did not work out, he moved to Winter Park. Shortly thereafter, Henderson started The Advocate. In his editorials, Henderson often focused on writing about education and voting rights for his fellow African Americans. He later started two other papers; the Christian Recorder and the Florida Record. Henderson died in 1915, at the age of 53.