African American Sites in Florida - McCarthy, Kevin M.
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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.

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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.
Autorenporträt
Kevin McCarthy taught for two years in Turkey as a Peace Corps Volunteer, one ear in Lebanon and two years in Saudi Arabia as a Fulbright Professor, and 37 years at the University of FLorida, where he taught courses in linguistics and writing. He has had 36 books published, including these by Pineapple Press: African American Sites in Florida, Twenty Florida Pirates, Thirty Florida Shipwrecks, Native Americans in Florida, and Apalachicola Bay. He also published African Americans at the University of Florida (UF Sesquicentennial Committee, 2003).