Florida's freedom struggle : the black experience from colonial time to the new millennium

Name/Title

Florida's freedom struggle : the black experience from colonial time to the new millennium

Entry/Object ID

Library.1068

Description

x, 288 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. This book features some of the finest essays ever published in the distinguished journal, the Florida Historical Quarterly. With a deft eye for detail, Dr. Irvin D. S. Winsboro has selected path-breaking articles on African American history that are accessible to scholars, students, and general audiences alike. The cast of characters brought to life in this book is truly remarkable: black explorers, renegade slaves, Andrew Jackson, Seminole Indians, Zora Neale Hurston, black WWII veterans, modern civil rights leaders,everyday protestors, victims of white violence, and many others. Florida's Freedom Struggle: The Black Experience From Colonial Time to the New Millennium will guide new generations of readers through the epic odyssey of African Americans in La Florida and, in the process, set a new standard for understanding the proper place of race in Florida's deeply rooted history in North America. -Dr. Paul Ortiz, Associate Professor of History and Director, Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, University of Florida.

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 -- Civil rights -- Florida -- History., Civil rights -- Florida -- History., Florida -- Race relations -- History., African Americans -- Civil rights.

Publication Details

Author

Winsboro, Irvin D.S.

Publisher

Florida Historical Society Press

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Cocoa, Florida

Call No.

E 185.93 .F5 F56 2010

ISBN

9781886104433