TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Canter
TI  - Florida's Black public officials, 1867-1924
SN  - 0585098093
AV  - E185.93.F5 B76 1998eb
U1  - 305.896/073075 21
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Florida
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - African American leadership
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Ethnic Studies
KW  - African American Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Zwarten
KW  - gtt
KW  - Politieke leiding
KW  - Leadership noir américain
KW  - Floride
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - 1865-1950
KW  - Relations raciales
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index
N2  - "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
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