Download or read book African Americans of Tampa written by Ersula Knox Odom and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tampa has a fascinating past that has been wonderfully documented with one exception: African Americans. This culturally rich community is virtually invisible in the eyes of history. Tampa’s population exploded during the early 1900s, and the building boom universally required the skills and talents of African Americans, who provided services, labor, and entrepreneurship in a massive form. They played significant roles in everything from Tampa’s wilderness era to its boomtown years and were key players in the first and second Seminole Wars with their Seminole alliance. African American soldiers captured Fort Brooke during the Civil War and fought in the Spanish-American War. Residents have endured Jim Crow, desegregation, and racial unrest yet thrived as entrepreneurs. Black Cubans, as part of the greater African American community, enabled Tampa’s world-renowned cigar industry. The photographs found in this volume clearly illustrate Tampa’s social and productive African American community.

Download or read book More Than Black written by Susan D. Greenbaum and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a story of unfolding consequences that begins when the black and white solidarity of emigrating Cubans comes up against Jim Crow racism and progresses through a painful renegotiation of allegiances and identities."--Jacket.

Download or read book African Americans on the Tampa Bay Frontier written by Canter Brown and published by . This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Photographs of African Americans at Tampa Hillsborough County Public Main Library written by Geoffrey Mohlman and published by . This book was released on 1993* with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of photographs of the Black population in Tampa based on research begun by Dr. Jack Moore and continued by the author. Contains descriptions by Dr. Moore, the author, and those archived in the card catalogue.

Download or read book Tampa in Civil War and Reconstruction written by Canter Brown (Jr.) and published by Tampa Tribune. This book was released on 2000 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brown, who has written several books on Florida and southern history, offers a narrative that explores the conflict and danger of the period and the activities of particular men and women who held the community together. The book includes bandw historical illustrations and photos. c. Book News Inc.

Download or read book Family Records of the African American Pioneers of Tampa and Hillsborough County written by Canter Brown and published by University of Tampa. This book was released on 2003 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Genealogical Records of the African American Pioneers of Tampa and Hillsborough County written by Canter Brown and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tampa Bay Online TBO The Black Experience written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents articles and information from the Florida "Tampa Tribune" related to the African diaspora and African American history. Includes information about African American education, books, Black culture, civil rights, politics, African American women, race relations, and African Americans in business and sports. Offers access to recent "Tribune" articles. Links to Black History Month related sites, the "Tampa Tribune," and TBO.

Download or read book Native Americans in Florida written by Kevin M. McCarthy and published by Pineapple PressInc. This book was released on 1999 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history and culture of various Native American tribes in Florida, addressing such topics as mounds and other archeological remains, languages, reservations, wars, and European encroachment.

Download or read book More Genealogical Records of the African American Pioneers of Tampa and Hillsborough County written by Canter Brown and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Supplementary Genealogical Records of the African American Pioneers of Tampa and Hillsborough County written by Canter Brown and published by . This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Things Remembered written by Rowena Ferrell Brady and published by University of Tampa. This book was released on 1997 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the journals of General Harold R. Harris, interviews, and the first hand knowledge of Krusen, who was himself a pilot for Pan American-Grace Airways (or Panagra), this book chronicles the history of the airline from 1926 until its acquisition by Braniff in 1967. Many bandw photos and maps support the story of the personalities and machines that took the airline through from the era of prop planes flying at their ceilings over Andean summits through WWII and on to the jet age. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book The African American Heritage of Florida written by David Colburn and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2018-02-26 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida’s long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles that connect in and through Florida, highlighting the connections between the Sunshine State and its neighboring islands. Books in this series show how early explorers found and settled Florida and the Caribbean. They tell the tales of early pioneers, both foreign and domestic. They examine topics critical to the area such as travel, migration, economic opportunity, and tourism. They look at the growth of Florida and the Caribbean and the attendant pressures on the environment, culture, urban development, and the movement of peoples, both forced and voluntary. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series gathers the rich data available in these architectural, archaeological, cultural, and historical works, as well as the travelogues and naturalists’ sketches of the area in prior to the twentieth century, making it accessible for scholars and the general public alike. The Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, under the Humanities Open Books program.

Download or read book A Home Remembered The Story of North Boulevard Homes 1937 2017 written by Dr Hazel S. Harvey and published by Business Consulting & Training Solutions, LLC United States. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black History in Tampa, Florida, Hillsborough County, can be told in many ways. The property that housed North Boulevard Homes was once called "Roberts City" which consisted of substandard, disease infected, crowded shotgun slum houses. The future residents came from all walks of life seeking a decent place to live, most of them were Blacks, Cubans some Military Families and, and others all searching for a comfortable, affordable home. Everybody who lived in North Boulevard Homes worked and paid some rent. In 1947 the city of Tampa was entering into opening of MacDill Air Field and Drew Army Airfield was being expanded. The shipbuilding companies had been launched and delivered the first vehicles in its wartime program. The African American military men many of whom were drafted stationed at MacDill field were in desperate need of decent places to live in Tampa. The servicemen had limited places to live because of the Jim Crow laws and the segregated living standards in America at the time it caused a dilemma within the military. This dilemma was more critical for those veterans who were desirous of retiring in Tampa. The Housing Authority attempted to help those veterans by giving priority them for housing.The new North Boulevard homes was dedicated without fanfare simply salute to the flag of United States of America in a prayer. The new history began for potentially 534 residents on Sunday afternoon in July 1940. Those residents realized that their lives were changed forever. The rent for these apartments ranges from a low of $10 to a high of $50 a month, at the beginning every resident paid some rent in almost every adult work. Housing was sold clinical in Tampa that when residents received better jobs or when their siblings went to college and we turned usually the families were moved out the philosophy was give other low-income people a chance to move in because residents with better jobs could afford housing outside the project which were designed for lower income.The beautifully landscaped yards, the spacious apartments with indoor plumbing hot and cold water, residents could drink water from the kitchen sink and feel comfortable with the water they had in the kitchen, with spacious cabinets electrical hookups for washing machines, closets in each bedroom in front and since then backyards became home for many, there was also a small play area behind each unit.This book should offer a sense of richness of the Black residents who were a part of the community of Blacks that once lived or still live in the North Boulevard Homes in Tampa, Florida. Several of the persons who lived in North Boulevard were the first to achieve a goal and to gain recognition for that achievement which was is very important as a symbol of hope and a beacon of light for the future. These men and women are living proof that it is possible to have great careers and enjoy the success which provided for them a substantial lifestyle that lead to a comfortable retirement. As a community, African Americans no matter how oppressed have nurtured positive values, set future goals and passed them own to future generations. They showed that it was possible to reach the glass ceiling and break the monolithic system expression and segregation.

Download or read book African American Religious History in Tampa Bay written by Mozella G. Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book African American Sites in Florida written by Kevin M McCarthy and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Florida s Black Public Officials 1867 1924 written by Canter Brown (Jr.) and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking study revealing the magnitude and impact of African American leadership in Florida during the post-Civil War era. This work also includes an extensive biographical directory of more than 600 officeholders, an appendix of officials by political subdivision, and more.