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for Fowler to address similar conflicts appearing across the state, Fowler maneuvered the
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In 1943, Cody Fowler and Morris White united to form a partnership in Tampa. Fowler, a charismatic leader, and White, a reserved academic, brought their distinctive personalities together to manage the firm and guide its successful expansion southward. In 1950, Henry
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in 1933. According to those who worked with him at the bank, Fowler used to tell how he merely happened to be in
Washington D.C. at the time and visited the office that handled these charters. First Federal was responsible for most of the home loans in Tampa’s emerging communities, as it had no other
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who was noted early in his career for his willingness to defend
African Americans in court, something many other white lawyers at the time were unwilling to do. Fowler went on to become chairman of both Tampa and Florida’s Bi-Racial Commissions in 1959, which were formed to help the city and state to
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Cody Fowler arrived in Tampa in 1924 and was heavily involved in Tampa’s civic life. His mother, Maud Fowler, was involved in the development of Temple
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housing development for
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desegregate lunch counters at the same time, so that angry whites could not visit reprisals on any one establishment. In the following years, the
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join the firm’s Miami office. He was followed shortly thereafter by
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