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Jacksonville's Legacy African American heritage trail : Jacksonville historic people and placesEntry/Object ID
Library.2070Description
59 pages. : illustrations. ; 28 cm.
Jacksonville's Legacy African American heritage trail : Jacksonville historic people and places by Joel McEachin, Planning and Development Division; photo research and graphics designed by Lisa S. Ransom, Planning and Development Division.
Jacksonville (Fla.). Planning and Development Department.
Joel Wright McEachin is the authorized name for Joel McEachin by Library of Congress authority records.
Contents: Mayor Alvin Brown -- Kingsley Plantation including photo of Esther Bartley born a slave on the plantation -- Old Brewster Hospital including photo of nurses -- James Weldon Johnson and John Rosamond Johnson -- Dr. Eartha Mary Magdalene White including photo with President Nixon receiving the Lane Bryant Humanitarian Award -- Eartha M.M. White Museum including photos of her bedroom and historic plaque -- Zora Neale Hurston including photo of flower shop owned by Blanche Hurston (sister-in-law) and house owned by brother, John, both on Evergreen Avenue -- Asa Philip Randolph including photo of Charles Robinson, Jacksonville Pullman Porter instructor and "colored waiting room" at the Jacksonville Union Terminal -- Bessie "Queen Bess" Coleman including photo of FTU article about death of Coleman & William D. Wills -- Norman Film Studios with photo of Capt. Dick Norman, son of Richard E. Norman, Sr. -- J.P. Small Memorial Stadium aka Durkee Field with photo of Hank Aaron, 1953 Jacksonville Braves; photo of Jax Redcaps -- Ritz Theater & Museum with photos by photographer E.L. Weems -- Abraham Lincoln Lewis with photo of original Afro-American Life Insurance Company building on Union Street -- Robert Lee "Bullet Bob" Hayes with photo of statue in Randolph Heritage Park -- A. Philip Randolph Park with photos of park -- Oakland Park with photo of park -- Florida C. Dwight Park with photo of park and of Florence Dwight -- Hemming Park with photos of park -- Bethel Baptist Institutional Church with photo of church -- Mount Zion A.M.E . Church with photo of church -- Mother Midway A.M.E. Church with photo of church -- Mount Olive AME Church with photo of Richard L. Brown, Black architect -- Jacksonville local heroes including photo and brief biography of Joseph E. Lee, Joseph Blodgett, William Raines, Mary Singleton, Sallye B. Mathis, Johnnie Mae Chappell (Civil Rights martyr), Wendell Holmes, Rutledge H. Pearson, Eddie Mae Steward, Dr. Adam W. Herbert, Corrine Brown -- Edward Waters College -- Nat Glover with photos of him with Alvin Brown & others -- Lawton L. Pratt with photos of his funeral home -- Performing artists associated with Jacksonville (Inez Bivens, Billy Daniels, Jackie Davis, Frankie Manning, Ray Charles, Hoss Singleton) -- Multicultural historical timeline (1513-2011) -- Old City Cemetery with photos.Collection
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African Americans -- Florida -- Jacksonville -- History., Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History., Bartley, Esther., Kingsley Plantation (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Hurston, Zora Neale., Glover, Nathaniel, 1943- ., Singleton, Mary Littlejohn, 1926-1980., Blodgett, Joseph H., 1858-1934., Mother Midway African Methodist Episcopal Church (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Florida C. Dwight Park (Jacksonville, Fla.).Publication Details
Author
McEachin, Joel Wright., Ransom, Lisa S.Edition
First edition.Publisher
Planning and Development DepartmentPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Jacksonville, Fla.Call No.
E 185.93 .F5 M384 2013