African-American History:
Examples from the Florida Collection
This site features information on black history, African Americans in Florida, their genealogy, African American history, the civil war, & our civil rights.
Florida's African-American History
Florida Heritage Collection: African Americans
African Americans have been a prominent element in the history and culture of Florida since Estavanico explored Florida with Panfilo de Narvaez, and continued with the establishment of the first free black community in North America (Fort Mose, north of St. Augustine in the 1730s).
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The Black Archives:
History and
Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc.
The Black Archives, History
& Research Foundation of South Florida, Inc., serves as
a national resource for this history of the 19th and 20th centuries.
It also has been the catalyst to preserve
the Lyric Theater and other historic sites in Overtown. The
theater underwent a major restoration and grand reopening in
1999, recalling the splendor and exuberance of its days as one
of the only black-owned and operated theaters in America.
Questia:
African American History Listing
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