African Americans in Florida

Publication

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Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

African Americans in Florida

Entry/Object ID

Library.2000

Tags

Library records not in public view

Description

189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. African Americans in Florida by Maxine D. Jones and Kevin M. McCarthy. Briefly describes the lives and contributions of more than fifty notable African-Americans in Florida, from 1528 to the present, in such fields as education, politics, journalism, sports, music, and religion. Contents: Estevanico the Black, 1528 -- Slave ships, 1700 -- Fort Mose, 1738 -- The Negro Fort, 1816 -- Zephaniah Kingsleyʼs Plantation, 1820 -- African Americans in south Florida -- Black Seminoles, 1838 -- The Abolitionists, 1844 -- Florida the slave state, 1845 -- The Civil War, 1861-1865 -- The Battle of Olustee, 1864 -- Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- Robert Meacham, 1835-1902 -- Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1867 -- Josiah Walls, 1842-1905 -- Jonathan C. Gibbs, 1827-1874 -- Edward Waters College, 1872 -- T. Thomas Fortune, 1856-1928 -- African American Newspapers, 1873 -- Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) 1887 -- Sports in Florida, 1890 -- Mary McLeod Bethune, 1875-1955 -- Abrams L. Lewis and the Afro-American Life Insurance Company -- Augusta Savage, sculptor, 1900-1962 -- Clara Frye, nurse, 1872-1937 -- Eartha Mary Magdalene White, ʺAngel of Mercy, ʺ 1876-1974 -- James Weldon Johnson, author, composer, diplomat, civil rights leader, 1871-1938 -- Zora Neale Hurston, author, anthropologist, folklorist, 1891-1960 -- The Ocoee Riot, 1920 -- the Rosewood Massacre, January, 1923 -- J.R.E. Lee, President of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical College, 1864-1944 -- Blanche Armwood, educator, administrator, race leader, 1890-1939. Ray Charles, singer, entertainer, 1930- -- Teachers' salary equalization cases -- Strawberry schools, Alonzo S. ʺJakeʺ Gaither, football coach 1903- -- Robert Lee ʺBobʺ Hayes, world's fastest human, 1942- -- S.D. McGill, civil right attorney, 1878-1951 -- Virgil D. Hawkins, 1906-1988 -- Harry T. Moore, educator and civil rights leader, 1905-1951 -- Reverend C.K. Steele, civil rights leader, 1914-1980 -- The Tallahassee Bus Boycott, 1956 -- St. Augustine, Florida and the Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1964 -- Two African American war heroes, 1968-1969 -- Daniel ʺChappieʺ James, Jr., America's first African American Four-Star General, 1920-1978 -- Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry, educator, attorney, politician, 1923-1979 -- Mary Littlejohn Singleton, city councilwoman state, legislator, 1920-1980 -- Joseph W. Hatchett, Florida's first African American Supreme Court Justice, 1932- -- Leander Shaw, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court -- Carrie Pittman Meek, United States Congresswoman, 1926- --Jesse J. McCrary, Jr., Florida's first African American cabinet member since reconstruction -- Harry Kthaw Singletary, Jr., Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, 1946- -- Calendar -- Florida Black Heritage Trail -- Glossary. -- Index. Photos include: Kingsley home -- Slave cabins on Kingsley Plantation -- Descendants of slaves near slave quarters on Kingsley Plantation -- Ben Bruno, African American interpreter and assistant to Chief Billy Bowlegs -- Gopher John -- Picking cotton in North Florida -- Mauma, a slave in Jefferson County -- Fort Clinch -- Battle of Olustee, 1864 -- Chart of African American soldiers serving in the Civil War by Southern State including Florida -- Robert Meacham -- Christina Meacham -- Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Harriet Beecher Stowe visiting Tallahassee -- Josiah Wells -- Jonathan C. Gibbs -- Midwives attending a meeting at Edward Waters College -- T. Thomas Fortune -- Turpentine camps, 1877 -- Mary McCleod Bethune -- Jacksonville mail carrier in 1887 -- Clara Frye nurse, 1872-1937 -- Eartha White -- James Weldon Johnson -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Gravesite of Hurston -- Ray Charles -- Rural Duval County school for African Americans -- Bob Hayes -- S. D. McGill, Civil Rights attorney -- Ku Klux Klan, Tallahassee -- Mary Littlejohn Singleton. Calendar by month of events important to Florida African American history. Florida Black heritage trail: Jacksonville, pages 158-161, include Bethel Baptist Church -- Catherine Street Fire Station # 3 -- Centennial Hall -- Kingsley Plantation -- Mount Olive A. M. E. Church -- Mount Zion A. M. E. Church -- Old Brewster Hospital -- Ritz Theater -- Stanton High School -- Edward Waters College -- Clara White Mission.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

African Americans -- Florida -- History., African Americans -- Florida -- Biography., Kingsley, Z. (Zephaniah), 1765-1843., Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928., Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955., Lewis, A. L. (Abraham Lincoln), 1865-1947., Savage, Augusta, 1892-1962., White, Eartha Mary Magdeline, 1876-1974., Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938., Hurston, Zora Neale., Charles, Ray, 1930-2004., Hayes, Bob, 1942-2002., Singleton, Mary Littlejohn, 1926-1980., Edward Waters College., African American newspapers -- Florida., Fire stations -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History.

Publication Details

Author

Jones, Maxine Deloris, McCarthy, Kevin (Kevin M.)

Edition

1st ed.

Publisher

Pineapple Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Sarasota, Florida

Call No.

E 185.93 .F5 J6 1993

ISBN

97815616403017