African Americans in Florida

Estevanico the Black, 1528

Slave Ships, 1700

Fort Mose, 1738

The Negro Fort, 1816

Zephaniah Kingsley's Plantation, 1820

African Americans in South Florida

Black Seminoles, 1838

The Abolitionists, 1844

Florida the Slave State, 1845

The Civil War, 1861-1865

The Battle of Olustee, 1864

Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Robert Meacham, 1835-1902

Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1867

Josiah Walls, 1842-1905

Jonathan C. Gibbs, 1827-1874

Edward Waters College, 1872

T. Thomas Fortune, 1856-1928

African American Newspapers, 1873

Turpentine Camps, 1877

Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), 1887

Sports in Florida, 1890

Mary Mcleod Bethune, 1875-1955

Abrams L. Lewis and the Afro-American Life Insurance Company

Augusta Savage, Sculptor, 1900-1962

The Central Life Insurance Company

Clara Frye, Nurse, 1872-1937

Eartha Mary Magdalene White, "Angel of Mercy", 1876-1974

James Weldon Johnson, Author, Composer, Diplomat, Civil Rights Leader, 1871-1938

Zora Neale Hurston, Author, Anthropologist, Folklorist, 1891-1960

The Ocoee Riot, 1920

The Rosewood Massacre, January, 1923

J.R.E Lee, President of Florida Agricultural & Mechanical College, 1864-1944

Blanche Armwood, Educator, Administrator, Race Leader, 1890-1939

Ray Charles, Singer, Entertainer, 1930

Teachers' Salary Equalization Cases

Strawberry Schools

Alonzo S. "Jake" Gaither, Football Coach, 1903

Robert Lee "Bob" Hayes, World's Fastest Human, 1942

S. D. McGill, Civil Rights Leader, 1905-1980

Reverend C.K. Steele, Civil Rights Leader, 1914-1980

The Tallahassee Bus Boycott, 1956

St. Augustine, Florida, and the Civil Rights Movement, 1963-1964

Two African American War Heroes, 1968-1969

Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr., America's First African American Four-Star General, 1920-1978

Gwendolyne Sawyer Cherry, Educator, Attorney, Politician, 1923-1979

Mary Littlejohn Singleton, City Councilwoman, State Legislator, 1926-1980

Joseph W. Hatchett, Florida's First African American Supreme Court Justice, 1932

Leander Shaw, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court

Carrie Pittman Meek, United States Congresswoman, 1926

Jessie J. McCrary, Jr., Florida's First African American Cabinet Member Since Reconstruction

Harry Kthaw Singletary, Jr., Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, 1946

Calendar

Florida Black Heritage Trail

Glossary

Index.