African Americans in Florida / Maxine D. Jones and Kevin M. McCarthy.

Author
Jones, Maxine Deloris [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
Sarasota, Fla. : Pineapple Press, ©1993.
Description
189 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

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    Summary note
    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.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    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
    • Turpentine camps, 1877
    • 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-
    • Teachersʼ salary equalization cases
    • Strawberry schools, Alonzo S. ʺJakeʺ Gaither, football coach 1903-
    • Robert Lee ʺBobʺ Hayes, worldʼs 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., Americaʼs 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, Floridaʼs 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., Floridaʼs 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.
    ISBN
    • 1561640301
    • 9781561640300
    • 156164031X ((pbk.))
    • 9781561640317 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    93027737
    OCLC
    28423312
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