Legacy to Legend: Winners Make It Happen
the autobiography of Floyd L. Griffin, Jr.

• Student Civil Rights Activist
• Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam
• US Army Colonel
• Georgia State Senator
• Mayor of Milledgeville, GA
• Businessman

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Over the course of a lifetime of service to his country, Floyd Griffin became a national hero, a beacon of wise leadership and a trusted political figure. His model for success is "winners make it happen." He speaks regularly to students of leadership, policy and government and inspires them to find the answers to life’s most complicated problems.

-Judy Marie Willis
Publicist-Reviewer, Winston-Salem, NC

Legacy to Legend: Winners Make it Happen examines the life, works, and contributions of Floyd L. Griffin, Jr. a trailblazer. Griffin celebrates an illustrious career as a U.S. Army colonel, war pilot, state senator, mayor, coach, and businessman. Floyd L. Griffin, Jr. parlayed a successful military career into a history-making sojourn in politics and community service as the first African American to be elected to the state Senate from Georgia’s 25th District. Griffin’s election to the Senate marked the first time since Reconstruction that a black candidate won office in a rural, majority-white legislative district in Georgia. Griffin’s leadership exemplifies his determined spirit. His commitment to service and social activism began during the Civil Rights Movement, while as a student at Tuskegee Institute (University) in Alabama. Read more...