Growing up in Panama City, Nadine Smith remembers watching Anita Bryant on television "almost daily," using her sing-songy voice to sell Florida orange juice. She also remembers when the former ...

Anita Jane Bryant (March 25, 1940 – December 16 ... and a brand ambassador from 1969 to 1980 for the Florida Citrus Commission. In the 1970s, Bryant became known as an outspoken opponent ...

The vote alarmed Anita Bryant, a singer, former beauty queen, and born-again Christian, who began a campaign to repeal the ordinance. Within six weeks, Bryant had gathered the signatures necessary ...