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Ancestral landscapes : a study of historical Black cemeteries and contemporary practices of commemoration among African Americans in Duval County, Jacksonville, FLEntry/Object ID
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ix, 219 pages : images ;
Ancestral landscapes : a study of historical Black cemeteries and contemporary practices of commemoration among African Americans in Duval County, Jacksonville, FL by Brittany Leigh Brown.
Dissertation: Ph. D. College of William and Mary 2018 thesis in Anthropology. Faculty advisor, Michael L. Blakey.
Selected contents: Theoretical approach -- Methodology and research design -- History of African Americans in Jacksonville, Florida, from the sixteenth century to 1964 -- Evolution of African American cemeteries and the Black funeral industry in Jacksonville -- Archaeological site descriptions of Memorial, Sunset Memorial, Pinehurst, and Mount Olive -- Analysis and interpretation -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliography.
Selected images: 19th century map of Duval County -- Open valult in Pinehurst Cemetery -- Kingsley Plantation cabins -- Restored captive African dwelling at Kingsley Plantation -- Former enslaved woman at Kingsley (believe Ester Bartley) -- Union General Truman Seymour's headquarters, Jacksonville -- Bishop Henry Young Tookes house in Sugarhill -- Afro-American Life Insurance Company building -- Portrait of A.L. Lewis -- Photo of inside event held at the Clara White Mission -- Beach scene at American Beach -- Members of Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, women's business sorority including Eartha M. White -- Photo of James Charlie Edd Craddock -- Two Spots Club owned by Craddock -- Men posed in front of Two Spot Club -- Craddock's store front and loan office -- Inside of Mrs. Anna Reed's Tailor Shop -- Richmond Hotel -- African American family at Kingsley Plantation -- Sculpture on tomb, Mt. Olive Cemetery Cemetery -- Enntrance to Old City Cemetery -- Lawton Pratt's house and Funeral home -- Portrait of Charles H. Anderson -- Post card showing Mt. Olive Funeral procession -- Mother Kofi photo and of her tomb -- Dr. Alexander Darnes photo and his grave in OLd City cemetery -- James W.C. Pennington photo and grave in Old City cemetery -- William Bartley photo, descendant of Ester Bartley -- Group photo of Eartha and Clara White -- Map showing cemeteries along Moncrief -- Montcrief Springs, public swimming pool -- Ervin Family Mausoleum -- Lewis Family Mausoleum exterior and interior -- Langley Mausoleum -- Jesus sculpture in Mount Olive cemetery -- Lord's Prayer Sculpture in Mount Olive cemetery -- Various photos of graves found at Sunset Memorial, Memorial and Mount Olive Cemetery -- Handmade headstone at Mount Olive Cemetery -- Photo of Emmett Till and photo of Jordan Davis --Sophia Myatt photo who was author's grandmother and was born in Jax in the late 1890's.
Summary: The end of slavery in North America presented an opportunity for African Americans in Jacksonville, Florida to reinvent themselves. The reconstruction era brought about new social, political, and economic opportunities for African Americans living in Jacksonville. Despite the failure of Reconstruction and the implementation of Jim Crow, Jacksonville gave birth to a vibrant African American aristocracy. Jacksonville's Black elite comprised of doctors, lawyers, morticians, religious leaders, business people and other professionals. Jacksonville's Black elite thrived in the early half of the twentieth century, many of them used their knowledge and skills to contribute to the social and economic development of Jacksonville's African American community. During this period, Jacksonville's African American aristocracy provided their community with legal protection, healthcare, vocational training, employment opportunities, goods, and other critical services such as life insurance and burial. This study centers on a historical African American cemetery cluster that was established during the early twentieth century by Jacksonville's Black aristocrats. This cemetery cluster consists of four cemeteries which include: Pinehurst, Mount Olive, Sunset Memorial, and Memorial. This cluster is located on the Northside of Jacksonville city, along the intersecting roads of 45th street and Moncrief road, and contains an estimated 70,000 African American burials. I argue that this cemetery is reflective of the social, political, and economic changes undergone by Jacksonville's African American community... authorCollection
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African American cemeteries -- Florida -- Duval County., African American cemeteries -- Florida -- Jacksonville., African American cemeteries., Pinehurst Cemetery (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Sunset Memorial Cemetery (Jacksonville, Fla.)., Afro-American Life Insurance Company.Publication Details
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Brown, Brittany LeighEdition
spiral boundPublisher
College of William and MaryPlace Published
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[Williamsburg, Virginia]Call No.
F 319 .J1 B76 2018