African Americans in Corpus Christi (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781531656973)

From slavery to freedom, to education, to achievement: these words reflect the goals of African Americans who first came as slaves with the Spanish to this part of the Texas coast. Freed by the Civil War on Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), blacks soon established an active and viable community, a significant part of which was defined by the black churches. Prominent leaders emerged, including Solomon Melvin Coles, H. Boyd Hall, Rufus Avery, and Gloria Randle Scott. Using photographs from individual collections, as well as the Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, African Americans in Corpus Christi reveals the history and people of Corpus Christi.

Author: Bruce A. Glasrud, Mary Jo O'Rear, Gloria Randle Scott
ISBN-10: 1531656978
ISBN-13: 9781531656973
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2012
Pages: 130
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d