Dr. Wallace Tinnie

DR. WALLIS TINNIE, granddaughter of the late Seminole Maroon Florence Ealer Jones Hamm, was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her work focuses on the presumptions and agendas of colonization prevalent in the language of literature, criticism, and law. Dr. Tinnie serves as President of Florida Black Historical Research Project, Inc. A Miami Dade College Professor Emerita and former Protocol Officer of the City of Miami, she has served as a long-time cultural programmer. She was one of the chief organizers of South Florida’s Annual Pan African Bookfest and Cultural Conference spearheaded by the nonprofit African American Caribbean Cultural Arts Commission, which she co-founded.