A History of Florida: Through Black Eyes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781519372673)

I know Florida. I was born in Florida during the reign of Jim Crow and have lived to see black astronauts blasted into the heavens from Cape Canaveral. For three quarters of a century I have lived mostly in Florida. I have seen her flowers and her warts. This book is about both. People of African descent have been in Florida from the arrival of Ponce de Leon in 1513, yet our presence in the state is virtually hidden. A casual glance at most Florida history books depict African Americans primarily as laborers who are shown as backdrops to white history. The history of blacks in Florida has been deliberately distorted, omitted and marginalized. We have been denied our heroes and heroines. Our stories have mainly been left untold. This book lifts the veil from some of these stories and places African Americans in the very marrow of Florida history.

Author: Marvin Dunn
ISBN-10: 1519372671
ISBN-13: 9781519372673
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/24/2016
Pages: 346
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.77d