Download or read book Alachua County Florida written by Lizzie PRB Jenkins and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alachua County's African American ancestry contributed significantly to the area's history. Onceenslaved pioneers Richard and Juliann Sams settled in Archer as early as 1839. They were former slaves of James M. Parchman, who journeyed through the wilderness from Parchman, Mississippi. They and others shaped the county's history through inventions, education, and work ethics based on spirituality. This book shows people working together, from the early1800s rural farm life, when racial violence was routine, until African Americans broke the chains of injustice and started organizing and controlling civic affairs.
Download or read book We Can Do It written by Michael T. Gengler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells of the challenges faced by white and black school administrators, teachers, parents, and students as Alachua County, Florida, moved from segregated schools to a single, unitary school system. After Brown v. Board of Education, the South’s separate white and black schools continued under lower court opinions, provided black students could choose to go to white schools. Not until 1968 did the NAACP Legal Defense Fund convince the Supreme Court to end dual school systems. Almost fifty years later, African Americans in Alachua County remain divided over that outcome. A unique study including extensive interviews, We Can Do It asks important questions, among them: How did both races, without precedent, work together to create desegregated schools? What conflicts arose, and how were they resolved (or not)? How was the community affected? And at a time when resegregation and persistent white-black achievement gaps continue to challenge public schools, what lessons can we learn from the generation that desegregated our schools?
Download or read book History of Alachua County Florida written by Fritz W. Buchholz and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Alachua County Florida Narrative and Biographical written by Fritz W. Buchholz and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alachua County Florida Information and Data Book written by Alachua County (Fla.). Department of Planning and Development and published by . This book was released on 1988* with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Finding Wonders written by Jeannine Atkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “evocative and beautiful” (School Library Journal) novel “vividly imagines the lives of three girls” (Booklist, starred review) in three different time periods as they grow up to become groundbreaking scientists. Maria Merian was sure that caterpillars were not wicked things born from mud, as most people of her time believed. Through careful observation she discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented her findings in gorgeous paintings of the life cycles of insects. More than a century later, Mary Anning helped her father collect stone sea creatures from the cliffs in southwest England. To him they were merely a source of income, but to Mary they held a stronger fascination. Intrepid and patient, she eventually discovered fossils that would change people’s vision of the past. Across the ocean, Maria Mitchell helped her mapmaker father in the whaling village of Nantucket. At night they explored the starry sky through his telescope. Maria longed to discover a new comet—and after years of studying the night sky, she finally did. Told in vibrant, evocative poems, this stunning novel celebrates the joy of discovery and finding wonder in the world around us.
Download or read book Pioneers of Northwest Alachua County Florida written by Descendants of the Pioneers and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of stories documenting the early settlers in the Bland, Hasan, Sugar Hill, and Traxler communities of northwest Alachua County, Florida, and authored by the descendants of those pioneers.
Download or read book Flora of Alachua County Florida preliminary Check List written by William A. Murrill and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Government of Alachua County Florida written by John Lamar Merk and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alachua County Florida written by United States. Office of Economic Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 1966* with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gainesville Memories written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On Gainesville's 150th birthday, The Gainesville Sun is pleased to announce a commemorative coffee-table book, "Gainesville Memories: A Photographic History of the Early Years." This beautiful, heirloom-quality book will feature a glimpse of the Gainesville area from the early years through stunning historic photos. We are excited to showcase images carefully selected from local historical archives alongside never-before-seen photos from our readers. This hardcover book truly captures the rich heritage of the Gainesville area."--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Swimming with Sharks written by Heather Lang and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2017 Amelia Bloomer List, Early Readers Nonfiction This picture book biography follows the life of Eugenie Clark, the Japanese-American scientist, researcher, and diver, who became famous as "The Shark Lady" for her groundbreaking discoveries about shark behavior. Before Eugenie Clark's groundbreaking research, most people thought sharks were vicious, blood-thirsty killers. From the first time she saw a shark in an aquarium, Japanese-American Eugenie was enthralled. Instead of frightening and ferocious eating machines, she saw sleek, graceful fish gliding through the water. After she became a scientist—an unexpected career path for a woman in the 1940s—she began taking research dives and training sharks, earning her the nickname "The Shark Lady."
Download or read book Florida s Eden written by John B. Pickard and published by Matheson Historical Center Incorporated. This book was released on 1994 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zoning Regulations of Alachua County Florida written by Alachua County (Fla.). Board of County Commissioners and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minutes of Superior Court of Alachua County Florida written by Alachua County (Fla.). Superior Court and published by . This book was released on with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alachua County Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Overview written by Council for Economic Outreach (Gainesville, Fla.) and published by . This book was released on 1991* with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
