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Jacksonville Free PressEntry/Object ID
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Jacksonville Free Press
Library has: Volume 6, no.26 (May 7-13, 1992) -- Volume 6, no.27 (May 14-20, 1992 issue) -- , Volume 6, no.32 (June 18-24, 1992) -- 2018- current with some missing issues.
Location: shelf 207, 208.
Selected contents May 7-13, 1992 issue: Saluting outstanding mothers, the legacy lives on (Ruth Campbell Stewart, member of Woodlawn Presbyterian since 1905 and is often sought for information on the its history -- Arnolta Johnston Williams, a graduate of Benedict College, was married to Dr. Israel Elias Williams who had established his practice in 1916 in the Afro-American Insurance Building. She became a free lance writer for some of the leading Black newspapers including the Pittsburgh Courier, the Chicago Defender, and Baltimore Afro-American. Locally she wrote for the Florida Star and the Jacksonville Telegraph. She was an ardent member of St. Gabriel Episcopal Church -- Anna E. McKissick (1896-1991) was a music student of J. Rosemond Johnson, who was an organist at her church, Bethel Baptist Institutional Church. She married Lawrence G. McKissick, a pioneer citizen of Jacksonville, and a tailor dating back to the early 1900s. She worked as a Social Case Worker with the WPA for a brief while. In 1988, during Bethel's 150th Anniversary Celebration, she was recognized as one of the 4 members with the longest membership in Bethel of 75 years. -- Ruth Dixon Graham, noted educator, taught in Duval County Public Schools, was a well-known community leader, and a member of the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church for over 80 years. She represented the bridge between between "The Shack" (the temporary worship building in use after the Fire of 1901 destroyed the large brick building) and the present Sanctuary. -- Leota "T. Canty" G. Davis ("T. Canty" is the name she was affectionately called by her family and `friends through the years. She devoted 27 years of outstanding service as one of the most valued employees of the Afro American Insurance Company. --Thelma Hair Jones was an educator at both Stanton High School and New Stanton High School who was married to Theodore Jones, Sr. She adjusted to many crisis while continuing her career including the death of her husband, and then the death of her daughter and son-in-law, Valentino's McBride, who left 4 children without parents. She was instrumental in raising them. As member of the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, she taught Sunday School and was active in other various church activities -- Reflections on Black Jacksonville by Camilla B. Thompson (Camilla B. Perkins, the author's mother, was born a few years before the Fire of 1901 and often reflected on how her parents rushed her and others to a safer place. Since her father was a bricklayer and carpenter, he was able to rebuild many of the houses that had been destroyed. Her older brothers , Victor and Charlie Bolton, were able to help save a few possessions. She attended Florida Normal and Industrial College earning a B.A. degree. Her husband, Daniel Webster Perkins, was a lawyer. After her children entered school, she returned to teaching and served as principal of the three teacher school for Blacks in Yukon, before military facilities were built there in the early 1940s and later at other elementary schools. Mrs. Perkins was active in the community such as the Duval County Colored Teachers Association, founding member of the Eartha M.M. White Museum Committee, and others) -- Mothers Day Salute on Ruth Vaught Thompson (She was born on Jan. 10, 1892 in Jacksonville to a father who was the minister at St. Johns Baptist Church in East Jacksonville. Five years earlier he had been elected and served as City Councilman (1887-1889) for the second ward. She attended Spelman College and later earned her B.S. Degree from Florida A&M University in teaching. She married Dr. Earlinn W. Thompson, a pharmacist who was a MeHarry graduate (April 1913). She was a member of St. Johns Baptist Church and later with Bethel Baptist Institutional Church when the family moved to Durkeeville area.) -- McBride & De Valt to be honored at Dwight Banquet -- Saluting mothers Mothers Day May 10, 1992 (Amy Stewart Currie was an English teacher at Stanton High School and one of the most remembered. She was member of the Bethel Baptist Institutional Church since her youth. and held many offices and positions. -- Seleta J. Berry Payne : After earning her teaching certificate at Spelman College, she married Rufus E. Payne, an educator from Jacksonville, in May 1919. The couple taught at many schools at the same time including Stanton and Franklin Street Schools. After her husband's death in 1929, she raised their 2 daughters and encouraged their participation at Bethel. -- Florida Cutton Dwight became the first playground director for Black youth with the opening of the Oakland Playground on East Union Street in 1918. She was also active in various community services such as Mt. Zion AME where she served.)
Selected contents May 14-20, 1992 issue: James A. Reed, Jr, owner of Reed Tailors, one of the oldest existing Black-owned businesses -- African American Heritage Days exhibit at Jax Landing May 9 & 10th, 1992 curated by Camilla Thompson, Dorothy Joyner, Bettye Sessions and Ernestine Smith -- Congressman George Crockett, hometown boy from Jacksonville, was elected in 1980 from Michigan / Camilla P. Thompson -- 5th annual Kuumba Festival with Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of Kwanzaa, as speaker -- JHS and the City presented Heritage Days and the Ritz Revue presented stories of the early days of the Ritz Theatre and Jax life in the1920-1940's. . Included were Mrs. "Mama" Williams, Richard McKissick, Camilla Thompson, Charlotte Stewart and Leota Davis -- Professor Jim Crooks received the UNF's Distinguished Professor award
Selected contents June 18-24,1992 issue: Saluting fathers past and present ( Raiford A. Brown, Sr. - a tribute from his children - notes he worked at Brown's Barber Shop; -- Dr. William Sweet was married to Lydia Vernell Hart. He was a father figure to thousands of boy scouts in his service to the North Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America. His board service included the Clara White Mission and Eartha M.M. White Nursing home -- Daniel Webster Perkins, Dr. Earlin W. Thompson, pharmacist in Reflections on Black Jacksonville -- Mr. Taft Cummings who served the North Florida Boy Scout Council for over 50 years was a veteran rising to Major -- Mr. Theodore Fowler, Sr., father of 12, worked at the Railway Express Company at Brooks Gillespie Motors -- Mr. Lawrence G. McKissick established a tailoring business in his home in 1942. Earlie, in 1900, he established one of the first tailor shops owned and operated by a Black man locally. After the Great Depression in the 1920s, he became a tailor with Steins, Cohen Brothers and other major department stores -- Greater Refuge Church of Our Lord located at 1224 West 26th Street is celebrating 29th anniversary with Bishop Gentle L. Groover -- Dr. Robert L. Mitchell, President of Edward Waters College, is the keynote speaker at Central Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church -- Celebrities delight children of the Sallye B. Mathis Elementary School read them stories. Included Wendi Shabazz, owner of Shabazz Sews, Mrs. Grace B. Solomon, sister of Sallye B. Mathis, Mrs. Betty Sessions presenting certificate to Marsha Dean Phelts, Media Specialist. Kenneth W. Jones, General, Vascular and Transplant Surgery ad -- Dr. Chester A. Aikens. Dentist, ad --Dr. Russell Adkins, Adult & Pediatric Urology.
Missing issues.
Masthead: Florida's First Coast only quality Black weekly.
Founding publisher: Rita Perry
Current publisher: Sylvia Perry
Founding publisher: Rita Carter Perry was the founder and publisher of The Jacksonville Free Press. The newspaper was first printed in 1986. The weekly publication delivers local, state and national news to its readers from a positive perspective of the Black experience in America. Florida's first female founding publisher died at the age of 80. Rita Carter Perry passed unexpectedly on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 9:15 p.m. Perry was survived by her daughter, Sylvia Perry, who worked by her side at the newspaper ... from Sept. 22, 2018, News4Jax.
Published place: Jacksonville, Florida.
Description based on: Vol. 34, no. 16 (2021); title from masthead
Circulated in the tri-county area and southeast Georgia.
Published: Vol. 4, no. 36 (June 28, 1990)-
Publication Frequency: Weekly
Title changes: Jacksonville advocate. [volume] : (Jacksonville, Fla.) 19??-1987; The Jacksonville advocate-free press. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1987-1990, from Chronicling America online site: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85007603/Collection
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African Americans -- Florida., African American newspapers -- Florida., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Newspapers., Duval County (Fla.) -- Newspapers., African Americans -- Florida -- History., Perry, Rita., Reed Tailors (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Crooks, James B., Ritz movie theater (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Thompson, Camilla P., 1922-2022., Joyner, Dorothy., Sessions, Bettye., Smith, Ernestine.Archive Details
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1992 - 2023Notes
Date: Creation Date: 1992, 2018-2023Title
Jacksonville Free PressDate(s) of Creation
2018 - 2021Container
Location JHS Archives 205 South (S) 207Notes
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