| African American Sites in Florida Updated Edition Contributor(s): McCarthy, Kevin M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1683340469 ISBN-13: 9781683340461 Publisher: Pineapple Press OUR PRICE: $19.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 975.900 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (1.85 lbs) 344 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Florida |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: African Americans have risen from the slave plantations of nineteenth-century Florida to become the heads of corporations and members of Congress in the twenty-first century. They have played an important role in making Florida the successful state it is today. This book takes you on a tour, through the 67 counties, of the sites that commemorate the role of African Americans in Florida's history. If we can learn more about our past, both the good and the not-so-good, we can make better decisions in the future. Behind the hundreds of sites in this book are the courageous African Americans like Brevard County's Malissa Moore, who hosted many Saturday night dinners to raise money to build a church, and Miami-Dade's Gedar Walker, who built the first-rate Lyric Theater for black performers. And of course also featured are the more famous black Floridians like Zora Neale Hurston, Jackie Robinson, Mary McCleod Bethune, and Ray Charles. |