The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading ...

"Paper Roses" singer Anita Bryant was largely known for her conservative beliefs and as the spokesperson for Florida oranges ...

Along with Orville Redenbacher, Marie Osmond, Phyllis Diller and Chubby Checker, Anita Bryant ranked as one of my first ...

Hers is a cautionary tale about the perils of bigotry. It’s the rabid and hateful venom people remember, not the orange juice ...

Here are some historic photos of the activists who fought Anita Bryant's anti-queer crusade every step of the way.

In a long campaign of television commercials, she sang “Come to the Florida Sunshine Tree” and offered the tagline: “Breakfast without orange juice is like a day without sunshine.” But her ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who ...

She did manage to get the Miami ordinance overwhelmingly repealed and spread toxic misinformation about gay people, teachers, and children. But the whole thing backfired when the gay community and ...

When Miami-Dade County gave its final approval to an ordinance in 1977 outlawing discrimination against gay people, she led ...

His departure from the company was after years of sexual abuse allegations within the company. In 2022, a Wall Street Journal ...

Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy-nominated singer and prominent booster of orange juice and other products who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to ...