African American Sites in Florida

Updated Edition

Kevin M McCarthy

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.

Globe Pequot / Pineapple Press

Pages: 337 •

978-1-68334-046-1 • Paperback • July 2019 • $19.95 • (£14.99)

978-1-56164-951-8 • eBook • July 2019 • $19.00 • (£14.99)

Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General

African American Sites in Florida

Updated Edition

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Summary

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.

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Globe Pequot / Pineapple Press

Pages: 337 •

978-1-68334-046-1 • Paperback • July 2019 • $19.95 • (£14.99)

978-1-56164-951-8 • eBook • July 2019 • $19.00 • (£14.99)

Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General

Author

Kevin McCarthy taught for two years in Turkey as a Peace Corps Volunteer, one ear in Lebanon and two years in Saudi Arabia as a Fulbright Professor, and 37 years at the University of FLorida, where he taught courses in linguistics and writing. He has had 36 books published, including these by Pineapple Press: African American Sites in Florida, Twenty Florida Pirates, Thirty Florida Shipwrecks, Native Americans in Florida, and Apalachicola Bay. He also published African Americans at the University of Florida (UF Sesquicentennial Committee, 2003). McCarthy currently lives in Gainesville, FL

Reviews

Documenting the history of a people is essential to the preservation of their existence. . . . Remembering the past ensures the future as we move forward. As chair of the Commissioner of Education's African American History Taskforce, I am happy to say that we commend McCarthy for being an advocate to preserving our history by means of this wonderful book. --Dr. Bernadette Kelley, Chair, Florida's African American History Taskforce

From BN reviews:

The book was well written, and very informative. I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of history about Santa Rosa County. I was glad to see "The Grand Old House On School Street" by Raymonde Slack-White mentioned as well as the former New Providence Missionary Baptist Church. It is a nice museum now.
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African American Sites in Florida

Updated Edition

Kevin M McCarthy

African American Sites in Florida

Updated Edition

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