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Letter from A.L. Lewis to Eartha M.M. White, January 18, 1936, Jacksonville, Florida

The author expresses support for the writing of a history of African Americans in Jacksonville, asks for meeting regarding appointment to advisory committee for Slum Housing Act. Final review for this item is pending (see our phased publication…

Tags: 1930-1939; African American History; Barnett Bank Building; City Government; History Society for Jacksonville Negroes; John T. Alsop; letter; Lewis, Abraham Lincoln; Mr. Bradshaw; Mr. Edwards; White, Eartha M.M.

Letter from Edward Jones to Eartha M.M. White, April 11, 1967, Tallahassee, Florida

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The author requests White's help in promoting an initiative related to documenting Florida's African American history. Final review for this item is pending (see our phased publication model).

Tags: 1960-1969; African American History; appeal to White; Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College/University; Jones, Edward; letter; Wallace, John, "Carpetbag Rule in Florida"; White, Eartha M.M.

A History of African Americans in Florida, June 20, 1941

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A typewritten history of African Americans in Florida. This manuscript may be related to "The Florida Negro," prepared by the Negro Writers Unit of the Florida Federal Writers Project. For more information, see "The Florida Federal Writers Project"…

Tags: *Rumor publication; African American History; African Methodist Church; American Civil War; American Reconstruction; American Revolution; Amos, Bob; Andrews, "Parson"; Austin, Phoebe; Battle of Honey Hill; Battle of James Island; Battle of Olustee; Beard, Oliver T.; Bethel Baptist Church (Bethel Baptist Institutional Church); Bull, George; Campbell Plantation; Ceborne, T.W.; Christianity and Churches; Civil Rights; Clayton, Florida; Clinch, Duncan Lamont; Coaccochee; Colder, Ruben; Colonel Palmer; Cone Plantation; Congress; Cookman Institute; Creek; Crow, Jim; Cuba; Dade, Francis L.; Debs, Eugene V.; Dorantes de Carranza, Andrés; Drummond, Morris; Edward Waters College/University; El Destino; Esteban/Estebanico; Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College/University; Florida Federal Writers Project; Florida Memorial College at Live Oak; Floyd, James W.; Fort Blount; Fort Caroline; Fort Moosa; Fort Myers; Fort Wagner; Fortune, Timothy Thomas, "Black and White"; Fortune, Timothy Thomas, "The Negro in Politics"; Fray Marcos de Niza; Freedmen's Bureau; George Proctor; George Rutgers; George W. Wetmore; George Washington; Gibbs, Rev. Jonathan C.; Hanson Brothers; Hanson Plantation; Harlem; Harrison, Anderson; Hart, Casian B.; Hart's Bank; Howard, Minnie; Howard?, Cave; Hunter, David; Hurston, Zora Neale, "Man on a Mountain"; Hurston, Zora Neale, "Mules and Men"; Hurston, Zora Neale, "Tell My Horse"; Hurston, Zora Neale, "Their Eyes Were Watching God"; Hurston, Zora Neale, “Jonah's Gourd Vine"; International Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters; Interview with Ex-Slaves; J. W. Worth; J. Walker; Jackson, Andrew; Jackson, Edwin; Jackson, Rachel; Jacksonville Negro school; Jake Overstreet; James Oglethorpe; Jim Bradley; Joe Sanders; John C. Reywood; John Green; John Harkins; John Lee; John Pope; John Quincy Adams; Johnson, Andrew; Johnson, James Weldon; Johnson, James Weldon, "Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man"; Johnson, James Weldon, "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"; Johnson, John Rosamond; Johnson, John Rosamond, "Rolling Along in Song"; Johnson, John Rosamond, "Under the Bamboo Tree"; Jonathan Walker; Kilge, Mr.; Ku Klux Klan; LaVilla; Lee, Joseph Edward; Lenton Plantation; Lewey, Mathew McFarlin; Lincoln Brotherhood; Lincoln, Abraham; Loomis, Gustavius; Lopez Plantation; Louis; manuscript; Margarett Nickerson; Meacham, Robert; Methodist Episcopal Church; Methodist Episcopal Ministry; Micanopy; Montiano; Morning Dew; Narváez, Pánfilo de; National Association of Cuban Revolutionary Veterans; National Negro Congress; New York World's Fair; Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar; Oats, Joe; Osceola; Panell Plantation; Proctor, Nancy; Randolph, A. Philip; Reed, Harrison; Reid Plantation; Richards, Daniel; Saton, General; Savage, Augusta; Savage, Augusta, "Henry M. Flagler"; Savage, Augusta, Symbolic Representation of Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing; Saxton, Rufus; Scott, John R.; Seacoffee; Segregation; Seminole; Seminole Wars; Smith, Cato; Southeastern Naval Air Basin; Spanish-American War; St. Augustine, FL; Stanton School/High School; Sylvamus H. Hart; T. W. Osborne; the Congression Reconstruction Act of 1867; the Florida Constitutional Convention of 1865; The Jeanes Fund; the Loyal League; The Miami Times; The Normal and Industrial Collete at St. Augustine; The St. Augustine Post; The St. Petersburg Public Informer; The Urchin by Augusta Savage; Thomas and Bryant Folsom; Thomas Wentworth Higginson; Timothy Thomas Fortune; United States Colored Troops; University of Florida; van Buren, Martin; Walker, David S.; Wall, Perry; Wallace, John; Walls, Josiah F.; Wetmore, Fannie; Wetmore, Judson Douglass; William A. Carr; William Bryant; William D. Bloxham; William M. Saunders; William Marvin; William McKinley; Woodrow Wilson; Zachary Talor; Zephaniah Kingsley; Zora Neale Hurston

Remembrance of James Weldon Johnson, 1938 or later

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This item presents a brief reminiscence of James Weldon Johnson at some point after his death. Final review for this item is pending (see our phased publication model).

Letter from Jim Ward to Miss Snodgrass, September 26, 1972, Jacksonville, Florida

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In a letter on Florida Times-Union/Jacksonville Journal letterhead, the author remits to the recipient materials related to James Weldon Johnson. Final review for this item is pending (see our phased publication model).

Tags: 1970-1979; African American History; Jim Ward; Johnson, James Weldon; letter; Snodgrass, Dena

Program from 82nd Annual Emancipation Proclamation Celebration, January 1, 1945, Jacksonville, Florida

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This item contains the program from event held at Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church, including a list of Committee officers and members, and lyrics to "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Final review for this item is pending (see our phased publication model).

Tags: "Faith of Our Fathers"; 1940-1949; 82nd Annual Emancipation Proclamation Celebration; African American History; Bethel Baptist Church (Bethel Baptist Institutional Church); Brooks, Charles D.; Christianity and Churches; Civil Rights; Davis, Clifford R.; Day, A. A.; Dennis, Anthony R.; Emancipation Proclamation; Emancipation Proclamation Association/Committee of the City of Jacksonville; George W. Powell; Gibbs, Dr. C. A.; James Jr., Joe H.; James, Joe H.; Jax Negro Business League; Jax Negro Chamber of Commerce; John H. Morris; Johnson, James Weldon, "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing"; King, Dr. R.A.; Koelman, E.D.; Lucile G. Coleman; Lucinda Stewart; M. C. P. Keene; Matilda Stewart; Mebel Olliphant; Morris II, Dr. Charles Satchell; Mrs. A. B. Williams; Mrs. E. T. Tutson; Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church; Payne, Arthur L.; Perkins, D.W.; Porcher L. Taylor; Powell, G.W.; Prof. F. J. Anderson; Prof. John H. Morris; program; Rev. C. A. Gibbs; Rev. C. H. Williams; Rev. Cyrus A. Weaver; Rev. G. H. Hawkins; Rev. G. W. Washington; Rev. J. B. Cooke; Rev. Robert A. Jackson; Rev. W. F. Ball; Simpson Methodist Church; Spence, F.H.; St. Paul A. M. E. Church; Stanton School/High School; Sue Brown; Vanchetta Mathews; W. K. Harper; W. R. Nesbitt; White, Eartha M.M.; Wright, Beulah

List of Officers and Members of the Emancipation Proclamation Association of the City of Jacksonville

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This item lists officers and members of the Emancipation Proclamation Association of the City of Jacksonville. Eartha M.M. White appears as president emeritus. Final review for this item is pending (see our phased publication model).

Tags: African American History; Bradham, Capers G.; Brayboy, Freddie; Brooks, Charles D.; Butler School; Carthage Funeral; Childs, Dr. Lincoln B.; Civil Rights; Cowart, Chester; Dallas Graham Funeral Home; Emancipation Proclamation Association/Committee of the City of Jacksonville; Fisher, Cecil; Gibbs, Bishop C. A.; Girardeau, Dr. Arnett; Graci Singleton; Hampton, Frank; Hattie I. James; J. S. Genwright; Jackson, E.D.; James, Joe H.; Jennings H. Best; John Henry Morris; Johnson, Earl; Lake City Hospital; Leon Gonzalez; Lewis, Dr. James H.; list; Lovingood, Estell; Lucinda Stewart; Lucus, Elcee R.; Mary Singleton; McClellan, Beulah; Mrs. Betch; Ms. Banks; Mt. A. Baptist Church; Nancy P. Blossom; Nesbitt, Bishop W.R.; Norman, Debora; Oscar I. Hillman; Perkins, D.W.; Porcher L. Taylor; Rev. A. B. Coleman; Rev. A. C Chandler; Rev. A. J. Hughes; Rev. B. J. Lane; Rev. C. S. H. Hunter; Rev. Charles C. King; Rev. Cyrun A. Weaver; Rev. D. B. Barnes; Rev. Dallas J. Graham; Rev. Dr. J. C. Sams; Rev. E. Jones; Rev. E. McWoodson; Rev. E. R. Simpson; Rev. Eddie R. Rivers; Rev. H. H. Robinson; Rev. Issiah McPherson; Rev. J. A. Robetts; Rev. J. B. F. Williams; Rev. J. S. Johnson; Rev. Kenneth White; Rev. R. A. King; Rev. R. H. Wilson; Rev. R. L. Jones; Rev. R. V. Webster; Rev. Rudolph McKissick; Rev. S. E. Felder; Rev. T. E. Shehee; Rev. W. F. Foster; Robert Gordon; Robert L. Singleton; Robinson, Bishop Hubert N.; Robinson, Dr. Andrew A.; S. P. Livingston school; Sallye B. Mathis; Simmons, Charles; Simpson, Eric R.; Spike Washington; Stanton School/High School; Stewart, Dr. W.B.; Telegraph Press; Uriah Portee; Vivian Hicks; W. K. Harper; W. R. Davis; Walter G. Boyd; Wendle P. Holmes; White, Eartha M.M.; William, Art

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