Florida's Black public officials, 1867-1924 /

Brown, Canter, Jr., 1948-

Florida's Black public officials, 1867-1924 / Canter Brown, Jr. - Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.

"Canter Brown's groundbreaking study reveals the magnitude and impact of African American leadership in Florida during the post-Civil War era, with emphasis on the complications and challenges that developed as leadership patterns and traditions evolved." "This first statewide study of African American leadership in Florida from the closing days of the Civil War until the last two members of a racially integrated town council left office in 1924 shows that many African Americans were influential officeholders in powerful Florida politics. Not merely a local occurrence, this leadership was inspired by the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) and later supported by the national labor organization the Knights of Labor." "In addition to providing context and a historical narrative of black leadership in post-Civil War Florida, this work includes an extensive biographical directory of more than 600 officeholders and demonstrates that black officials were major forces in Florida politics who labored against increasingly difficult odds to maintain a voice in public affairs."--Jacket.

0585098093 (electronic bk.) 9780585098098 (electronic bk.) 9780817309152 0817309152 9780817309169 0817309160 (paper) (cloth)




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African Americans--Politics and government.--Florida
African American leadership--History--Florida--19th century.
African American leadership--History--Florida--20th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
African American leadership.
African Americans--Politics and government.
Politics and government
Race relations.
Zwarten.
Politieke leiding.
Leadership noir américain--Histoire--Floride--19e siècle.
Leadership noir américain--Histoire--Floride--20e siècle.


Florida--Race relations.
Florida--Politics and government--1865-1950.
Florida.
Florida.
Floride--Relations raciales.
Floride--Politique et gouvernement--1865-1950.


History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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