Author: Fritz W. BuchholzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alachua County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
History of Alachua County, Florida
Author: Fritz W. BuchholzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alachua County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
History of Alachua County, Florida, Narrative and Biographical
Author: Fritz W. BuchholzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alachua County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Alachua County, Florida
Author: Lizzie PRB JenkinsPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439617570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Alachua County's African American ancestry contributed significantly to the area's history. Onceenslaved pioneers Richard and Juliann Sams settled in Archer as early as 1839. They were former slaves of James M. Parchman, who journeyed through the wilderness from Parchman, Mississippi. They and others shaped the county's history through inventions, education, and work ethics based on spirituality. This book shows people working together, from the early1800s rural farm life, when racial violence was routine, until African Americans broke the chains of injustice and started organizing and controlling civic affairs.
Florida's Eden
Author: John B. PickardPublisher: Matheson Historical Center Incorporated
ISBN: 9780929895123
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
History of Alachua County
Author: Jess G. DavisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alachua County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Alachua County Florida
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alachua County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
We Can Do It
Author: Michael T. GenglerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1948122170
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
This book tells of the challenges faced by white and black school administrators, teachers, parents, and students as Alachua County, Florida, moved from segregated schools to a single, unitary school system. After Brown v. Board of Education, the South’s separate white and black schools continued under lower court opinions, provided black students could choose to go to white schools. Not until 1968 did the NAACP Legal Defense Fund convince the Supreme Court to end dual school systems. Almost fifty years later, African Americans in Alachua County remain divided over that outcome. A unique study including extensive interviews, We Can Do It asks important questions, among them: How did both races, without precedent, work together to create desegregated schools? What conflicts arose, and how were they resolved (or not)? How was the community affected? And at a time when resegregation and persistent white-black achievement gaps continue to challenge public schools, what lessons can we learn from the generation that desegregated our schools?
"The Big Jug", "lucuwa", "elotcheway"
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Alachua County (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Gainesville Memories
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597258821
Category : Gainesville (Fla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
"On Gainesville's 150th birthday, The Gainesville Sun is pleased to announce a commemorative coffee-table book, "Gainesville Memories: A Photographic History of the Early Years." This beautiful, heirloom-quality book will feature a glimpse of the Gainesville area from the early years through stunning historic photos. We are excited to showcase images carefully selected from local historical archives alongside never-before-seen photos from our readers. This hardcover book truly captures the rich heritage of the Gainesville area."--Amazon.com.
The Biohistory of Florida
Author: Francis William ZettlerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561649651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Florida has an amazing biohistory. Its fossil record reveals that 8-ton ground sloths, giant beavers, and tiny horses once roamed its 66,000 square miles. Its human history is the story of people who arrived some 12,000 years ago after a journey that took them from Asia across the Bering land bridge and then south across the North American continent. Today, Florida is home to historic St. Augustine, the futuristic Kennedy Space Center, and the mysterious Everglades. Hosting a diverse ecology and a rich human history, Florida now faces a tenuous future as its natural resources are depleted, new species of plants, animals and diseases invade, and climate changes loom. This fascinating biohistory, prehistoric to present-day, and with an eye to the future, is told with verve and clarity. The result is a fascinating story of how they all interrelate.