African Americans in Florida

by Maxine D Jones, Kevin M McCarthy (With)

Overview

Brief essays profile over 50 African Americans during four centuries of Florida history. Traces the role African Americans played in the discovery, exploration, and settlements of Florida, through the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement.

For classroom use: one free teacher's manual with the purchase of three books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781561640317
Publisher:	Pineapple Press, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/1993
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	8.51(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

Kevin McCarthy is professor emeritus and a distinguished alumni professor of Florida studies and English at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he taught for 33 years. He has written many books for Pineapple Press.

Table of Contents

Information separated into the following categories: Careers

Geographical

Schools

Sports

Women

The Arts

Editorial Reviews

Organized like an elementary school textbook, with essays, suggested discussion topics and vocabulary lists, this volume covers the history of blacks in Florida since the first black man stepped ashore with the Spanish in 1528. Of special interest is the list of 141 sites on the Florida Black Heritage Trail, complete with map.

St. Pete Times

In 54 chapters they have presented brief, easily understandable essays on Florida's black history.

Tampa Tribune

Offers a well—illustrated series of essays about key blacks in Florida, and is appropriate for children.

Orlando Sentinel