Zacariah D. Green, sometimes spelled Zacariah D. Greene, was an American lawyer, principal, and community leader in Tampa, Florida. He worked as a lawyer in South Carolina before moving to Tampa where he served as principal of Harlem Academy School.[1] He was also a leader in the St. Paul's AME Church.
After he submitted signatures to become a candidate for municipal judge in 1908, a local election, Tampa city officials blocked him and Judge Wall blocked his appeal. D.B. McKay, Wall and others organized the White Municipal Party in Tampa to exclude African Americans from elections. The group dominated local elections and every Tampa mayor belonged to it from 1910 until 1947.
In 1887, Joseph A. Walker, a carpenter and merchant, became the first African American elected to Tampa's city council.[4]