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6/14/01
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION
AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF THE.CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TO CREATE AND
ESTABLISH THE CITY OF MIAMI DISTRICT FIVE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD
("BOARD"); PROVIDING FOR THE BOARD'S
"SUNSET," SETTING FORTH THE BOARD'S PURPOSE,
POWERS, AND DUTIES, JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY,
MEMBERSHIP, TERMS OF OFFICE, VACANCIES,
OFFICERS, MEETINGS, VOTING AND QUORUM,
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS, PARLIAMENTARY
AUTHORITY AND RULES OF PROCEDURE,
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE, COUNSEL AND FILING
OF RECORDS; AND MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING
SECTION 2-892, AND ADDING NEW DIVISION 14 TO
SAID CODE; AND CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the City. Commission encourages and supports
historic preservation in all areas of the City of Miami,
including the area known as District Five; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to establish an advisory
board that will specifically provide recommendations regarding
all historic structures, locations, sites, roads, bridges, or any
other such physical objects, designated or potentially
designated, and districts located within District Five; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-883 of the Code of the City of Miami,
Florida, as amended, requires that all Cityboards existing for
more than one year be created by ordinance;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the
Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by reference and
incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2, Article XI, of the Code of the
City of Miami, Florida, as amended, is amended in the following
particulars:"
"Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
Article XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
DIVISION 2. STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND
REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY
Sec. 2-892. "Sunset" review of boards.
Commencing with the year 1995, each city board
shall be reviewed'in the following manner:
(4) The following boards shall initially be reviewed
in the following years and shall be reviewed every
four years thereafter:
1� Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted.
Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining
provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks
indicate omitted and unchanged material.
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1. District Five Historic Preservation Advisory
Board (to be sunsetted June 30, 2005)
�2. District Two Historic Preservation Advisory
Board (to be sunsetted June 30, 2005)
Division 14. City of Miami District Five
Historic Preservation Advisory Board
Sec. 2-1190. Established; Sunset date.
(a) Established. There is hereby created and
established a limited agency and instrumentality of the
City of Miami to be known as the City of Miami District
Five Historic Preservation Advisory Board ("Board").
(b) Sunset date. This Board shall sunset on
June 30, 2005.
Sec. 2-1191. Purposes, powers and duties.
The purpose, powers and duties of the Board are to
serve in an advisory capacity only and make
recommendations in writing to the City Commission
related to historic preservation in District Five, with
the assistance of the Departments of Planning and
Zoning, Community Development, and Public Works, the
Historic and Environmental Preservation Board, the
City's Preservation Officer, and other governmental
agencies and entities. The Board shall not interfere
with, impinge or usurp the activities or powers and
duties of the Historic and Environmental Preservation
Board or Preservation Officer.
Sec. 2-1192. Jurisdictional authority.
The Board shall exercise the powers and duties for
the entire area known as City of Miami Commission
District 5, excluding the following sections of the
Overtown neighborhood: Northwest 7 Avenue on the
west, the railroad tracks on the east, Northwest 21S
Street on the north, and Northwest 5 Street on the
south.
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Sec. 2-1193. Membership; terms of office and
vacancies;' officers; meetings, quorum
and voting; attendance requirements; and
parliamentary procedures and rules of
procedure.
(a) Membership. The Board shall consist of nine
(9) voting members who shall serve without
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary
expenses incurred in their official duties, as may be
determined and approved by the City Commission, and
shall be comprised as follows:
One individual appointed by the Mayor who
shall be a qualified elector of the City of
Miami.
Five individuals appointed by the
Commissioner representing District Five.
One individual appointed by the Commission -
at -Large who does not have to be a qualified
elector of the City of Miami.
One individual nominated by the Spring Garden
Homeowners Association, a historically
designated district located in District Five,
and confirmed by the City Commission.
One individual nominated by the Buena Vista
East Homeowners Association, a historically
designated district located in District Five,
and confirmed by the City Commission.
(b) Terms of office. The terms of office of
the members of the Board shall be for one year, or
until the Mayor or the nominating Commissioner leaves
office, whichever. occurs first. All members shall
continue to serve until their successors have been
appointed and qualified. The provisions contained in
Section 2-885(b) shall also apply to the members of the
Board.
(c) Vacancies. If a vacancy occurs on the Board,
such vacancy shall be filled as. applicable by the
Mayor, or by either a nomination by the Commissioner or
the association(s) who nominated the member whose
position(s) has become vacant, with subsequent
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appointment or confirmation by the commission, as
appropriate. Such appointment shall be effective for
the remainder of the unexpired term or until the Mayor
or the nominating Commissioner leaves office.
(d) Officers. The City Commissioner of District
Five shall designate from among the Board's members a
Chairperson and Vice -Chairperson. Other officers, as
may be deemed necessary, may be designated by the
Board.
(e) Meetings, quorum and voting. All meetings of
the Board shall be open to the public. The provisions
set forth in section 2-887 of this Code as they relate
to quorum requirements shall apply to members of the
Board. An affirmative vote of not less than fifty
percent (50%) of the members present and voting at any
meeting is required for any action to be taken by the
members.
(f) Attendance requirements. The provisions set
forth in Section 2-886 of this Code shall apply to all
members of the Board.
(g) Parliamentary authority and rules of
procedure. The parliamentary authority of the Board
shall be Robert's Rules of Order (Current Edition)
unless the Board adopts its own order of business and
rules of procedure governing its meetings, and actions
on matters within its jurisdiction, not inconsistent
with the provisions set forth herein, which rules of
procedure shall be filed with the City Clerk. Copies
of minutes of all Board meetings shall be furnished to
the Mayor, Commissioners and the City Manaqer.
Sec. 2-1194. Administrative assistance; counsel.
When requested by the Board, the City Manager,
City Attorney, and the City Clerk shall provide full
cooperation and assistance, however, the City Manager,
City Attorney, and City Clerk are not required to
attend the meetings of the Board, except to advise the
Board, at its first meeting, of procedural laws, and
regulations related to- public records and the
Sunshine Law. Annual workshops to further inform the
Board of the aforementioned laws and regulations may be
conducted by the City Attorney and City Clerk.
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Sec. 2-1195.. Notices and filing of records; annual
report.
(a) Notice of meetings shall be posted by the
City Clerk at City Hall and other appropriate locations
after being apprised by the Board of an upcoming
meeting(s). Advertised public notice of meetings are
not required. It shall be the duty of the City Clerk
to comply with applicable laws related to filing of
(b) The provisions set forth in Section 2-890 of
this Article shall apply related to the submittal of
annual reports.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar
as they are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of
this Ordinance are repealed.
Section 4. If any section, part of section, paragraph,
clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the
remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected -
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty
(30) days after final reading and adoption thereof.2��
PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this 24th
day
zi This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless
vetoed by the Mayor within ten days from the date it was passed
and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City
Commission or upon the effective date stated herein, whichever is
later.
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of May 1 2001.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE . ONLY
this 14th day of June 2001.
JOE CAROLLO, MAYOR
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regarding same, without the Uay owe of
ATTEST:
WALTER J. FOEMAN
CITY CLERK
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Florida's African Americans have made significant contributions to the state's rich
history. In 1990, the Florida Legislature created a Study Commission on African Ameri-
can History in Florida to explore ways to increase public awareness of these contribu-
tions. The Commission was asked to recommend methods to establish a Black Heritage
Trail to identify sites, buildings and other points of interest significant in black history
that should be preserved and promoted as tourist attractions.
The Florida Black Heritage Trail is the product of the hard work of the Study Commis-
sion, the staff of the Division of Historical Resources, and the many citizens who assisted
the Commission in developing the Florida Black Heritage Trail.
We believe that the Florida Black Heritage Trail will stimulate your interest in those
places of special significance in the lives of the black Floridians whose wisdom, courage
and sacrifice helped forge the character of this great state.
Sincerely,
Sandra B. Mortham, Secretary of State
See Florida Through Our Eyes,
Florida Heritage publications can be your guides to the best of Florida's historic and cultural places
and events. Let us help you learn about Florida's world-class museums, historic communities,
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Florida's Black Heritage
Florida Black Heritage Trail
Florida Sports Hall of Fame
African American Festivals and Events
Florida Black Heritage Trail Sites
Florida Black Heritage Trail Tours
Black Firsts in Florida
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commemorating the contributions and gifts of African Americans to this country.
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Florida's Black Heritage
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can Americans have
layed a significant
role in Florida's
history. The rich, bitter-sweet
story of African Americans
has woven a vibrant pattern
through the fabric of our
state's history, from the time
that blacks participated in
the early exploration of
Florida, to the 1990s, when a
black became Chief Justice of
the State Supreme Court.
Blacks participated in the
early 16th century Spanish
explorations and were
involved in the establishment
of St. Augustine in 1565. In
the 17th and 18th centuries,
African -born slaves escaped
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from English plantations in
Georgia and South Carolina
to seek asylum in Spanish
Florida, where slavery laws
were less harsh. The Spanish
also offered two routes out of
slavery, conversion to Roman
Catholicism and military
service to the Spanish
government. As early as
1683, a company of black and
mulatto militia was formed in
St. Augustine. In 1738, Spain
established a fortified town
specifically for runaway slaves
under the command of black
Captain Francisco Menendez.
The resulting Gracia Real de
Santa Teresa de Mose (Fort
Mose) was the first legally
sanctioned free black town in
the United States. The fort
was occupied until the end of
the French and Indian War
in 1763 when Florida was
turned over to the British and
the Spanish were forced to
evacuate. A number of blacks
left with the Spaniards for
Cuba.
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After Spain regained control
of Florida at the end of the
American Revolution in
1783, another fort, at
Prospect Bluff, a strategic
point on the Apalachicola
River, became the center of
contention between the
United States and Spain. The
British had abandoned "the
Negro Fort", as it was known,
to the Indians and former
slaves. In 1816, American
gunboats assaulted the fort,
firing heated cannon balls
that struck the magazine,
igniting the gunpowder. The
resulting explosion destroyed
the fort and killed many
occupants.
Unable to maintain effective
control over the area, Spain
ceded Florida to the United
States in 1821. It became an
American slave territory.
The Second Seminole War
(1835-1842) disrupted
Florida's territorial years.
Although many blacks had
gained their freedom by
escaping to Florida, many
others had become slaves of
the Seminoles. Their servi-
tude was benign, however, as
the Indians allowed blacks to
live in separate villages and
demanded only 1/3 of their
crops. The blacks were expert
cultivators and provided food
for the Seminoles. In addi-
tion, the former slaves, who
spoke both the Indian
languages and English, were
valuable interpreters for the
Seminoles during treaty
negotiations. They sometimes
fought with the Indians
against the U.S. Army.
As the fortunes of war turned
against the Seminoles, some
blacks changed loyalties and
served as guides and inter-
preters for the U.S. Army.
Many, however, accompanied
their "masters" to the Indian
Territory at the end of the
war, when the Seminoles
were forced to give up their
lands in Florida. Descendants
of these "Black Seminoles"
still live in Oklahoma and
Texas. Others were returned
to or bought back by their
former white owners.
In 1845, Florida entered the
Union as the twenty-seventh
state. On January 10, 1861,
Florida seceded from the
Union, the third state to join
the Confederate States of
America. The Battle of
Olustee on February 20, 1864
was the largest engagement of
the Civil War in Florida.
Union troops, including three
all -black infantry regiments,
marched westward from
Jacksonville. Confederate
forces battled them at Olustee,
near Lake City, eventually
forcing a Union retreat.
The Confederate loss of the
war ushered in the Recon-
struction period, when blacks
and whites struggled with the
economic and social turmoil
that accompanied the end of
slavery. Ratification of the
13th, 14th, and 15th amend-
ments to the U.S. Constitu-
tion was vitally important in
the development of values,
ideologies, and institutions
among African Americans.
The Bureau of Freedmen,
Refugees and Abandoned
Lands, created by an act of
Congress in 1865 to deal with
the urgent problems created
by the sudden emancipation
of four million slaves, worked
to establish hospitals, schools,
courts, banks and other
necessary institutions.
One of the most important
areas of development in
Florida at this time was
education. Jonathan Gibbs,
Florida's only black cabinet
member during Reconstruc-
tion, was appointed Secretary
of State in 1868, and later
served as State Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction. As
Superintendent, Gibbs
developed the state's first
public school system. The
establishment of the school
system was a milestone since
African Americans had been
denied education during the
years of slavery.
Artist's rendition of Fort Mose, established in 1738.
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Other social and cultural
institutions were also estab-
lished during Reconstruction
in response to the adversity of
disenfranchisement, racial
discrimination, and segrega-
tion. The rise of independent
black churches unfolded
against a background of
political crisis, social adjust-
ment, and vivid memories of
the slave experience. The
churches were the centers of
social and political activities,
as well as religious life.
During Reconstruction, the
newly freed blacks began to
establish homes and business-
es in the white communities.
By the 1880s, this created
great tension which led to
the beginnings of segregation
between blacks and whites. In
1887, Eatonville became the
first all -black, incorporated
city in Florida. A more
common form of segregation
was the restriction of blacks
to a particular area of a
community. One of the
earliest examples is Miami's
"Colored Town" which was
designated in 1896. Now
called Overtown, it is one of
the oldest neighborhoods in
Miami. Black residents were
continually reminded of their
"place" by a variety of other
barriers, including the
segregation of public facilities
and schools, and severely
limited economic opportuni-
ties. In spite of these restric-
tions, African Americans in
Florida had expectations of
political, social and economic
advancement. Florida's
segregated society continued
throughout the first half of
the 20th century. After the
1954 Supreme Court deci-
sion, Brown v. the Board of
Education of Topeka, which
ordered the integration of
public schools, the civil rights
movement broadened and
accelerated. Florida experi-
enced the upheaval of the
time, and was the site of
murders, boycotts, and
marches. Yet because of the
calm leadership of Governor
LeRoy Collins, the state was
spared the tragic riots which
were occurring elsewhere.
Florida's African Americans
have contributed richly to
the development of our state
and nation. Their achieve-
ments are varied, including
contributions to the armed
forces, the space program, arts
and entertainment, educa-
tion, and politics. Recogni-
tion of these significant
contributiot s'enriches our
lives ar0g6titributes to -the
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Florida Black
Heritage Trail
American Beach
Nassau County
American Beach, eight
miles south of Fernandina
Beach off Highway A 1 A on
Amelia Island. Established in
the 1930s by Abrams L.
Lewis, founder of the Afro-
American Insurance Compa-
ny, the resort area included
vacation cottages for compa-
ny executives and lucky
employees who won company
sales contests. What began as
a perk for those employed by
one corporation became the
playground for tens of
thousands of segregation -
stricken blacks. Blacks built
restaurants, owned the motel,
and hired the bands that
played at the pavilion.
American Beach has re-
mained a predominantly
black oceanfront resort
community. The I. H. Burney
Park, the first park in Nassau
County to be named after an
African American, is located
at the southeast end of
Burney Road one block south
of Lewis Street.
Open 7 am -7 pm, daily.
1940 with funds raised by
church members. The congre-
gation was organized by Rev.
A. M. Wadell in 1920.
Bagdad
Santa Rosa County
New Providence Mission-
ary Baptist Church (Bagdad
Museum Complex), 4512
Church Street. This church is
among the oldest in Santa
Rosa County. The original
church was built by carpen-
ters who were sons of the
pastor, Rev. John Kelker, Sr.
The current structure is a
wood Frame Vernacular
building constructed in 1901.
Moved to its present location
in 1989, the building is being
restored as a community
center and museum devoted
to the history of Bagdad, the
churches and the black
community.
Bartow
Polk County
Horseback riding at American Beach
Bradenton
Manatee County
Manatee Family Heritage
House, 1707 15th Street
East. A resource for the study
of African American achieve-
ments, this collection of
books, newspaper clippings,
magazines, photographs and
audio cassettes represents
over 50 years in the cultural
and economic life of African
Americans. Open 2 pm -7 pm,
Tu, W and Th.
Bushnell
Sumter County
nation's Indian wars. Open 9
am -5 pm, Th -M.
Chipley
Washington County
Roulhac Middle School,
101 North Pecan Street.
Named for Washington
County's distinguished black
educator, T. J. Roulhac, who
became supervisor of Wash-
ington County's schools for
black children in 1913. In
1938, he became principal of
Chipley's first black high
school.
Clearwater
Brown Home, 470 South Dade Battlefield State Pinellas County
Second Avenue. (Private Historic Site, NR*, off S.R.
residence.) Oldest black
476, west Highway 301. Louis
Dorothy Thompson
Avon Park residence in Bartow. This
Pacheco (Fatio), a Negro
African American Muse -
Folk Victorian style building
slave and interpreter for
um, 1501 Madison Avenue
Highlands County was built in 1884, during the
Major Francis L. Dade, was
North. The museum houses a
first period of significant
one of only four survivors of
collection of over 5,000
Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church, development in Bartow, by the Dade Massacre. This books by African American
900 S. Delaney Avenue. This Lawrence Bernard Brown. battle in 1835 marked the authors, over 3,000 records
one-story Masonry Vernacu- SUbmittod int0 the publidDeginning of the Second and tapes, and art, newspaper
lar, style building with Neo- reCord In COrinectlOn WithSeminole War, the most clippings and artifacts from
gothic elements was built in iterfl P -L d on_/ _ p/ protracted and costly of the the first 75 families of
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African descent who settled
in Clearwater. Call (813)
447-1037 for appointment.
Cleveland
Charlotte County
Brown House, 27430
Cleveland Avenue. (Private
residence.) This Frame
Vernacular structure was the
home of boatbuilder George
Brown and his wife Tommie.
Brown had originally built a
large, two-story house for his
family. However, he heard of
some grumbling that the
town's only black would have
the largest home. Not
wishing to jeopardize his
community relations, Brown
sold the house to a white
family and built a smaller
residence for himself.
Cleveland Steam Marine
Ways, 5400 Riverside Drive.
George Brown, a black
carpenter, came to the Peace
River area in 1890 to work
for a phosphate mining
company. In 1897 he pur-
chased a small Punta Gorda
boat repair business which he
later moved to Cleveland.
Specializing in building
luxury yachts, the Cleveland
Steam Marine Ways was able
to launch and haul up the
Harry T. Moore Center, Cocoa
largest boats in Southwest
Florida. Brown was an "equal
opportunity employer" who
hired both whites and blacks,
paying equal wages for equal
skills. Today, the machine
shop is the recreation hall for
a mobile home park.
Cocoa
Brevard County
Harry T. Moore Center,
307 Avocado Avenue. This
single -story concrete block
structure built in 1924 is
named in honor of Harry
Tyson Moore. The building is
the site of the first black
school in Cocoa and is the
only original black high
school now standing in
Brevard County. It is present-
ly used as a child care facility
and community center.
Malissa Moore Home, 215
Stone Street. (Private
residence.) This home was
built beside the Indian River
in 1890 and later moved to
its current location where it
became a restaurant and then
a boarding house. Local
legend declares that railroad
tycoon Henry M. Flagler
occasionally stopped in for
dinner. Mrs. Moore helped
establish the Mt. Moriah
A.M.E. Church, raising funds
through Saturday night
socials and donations of 50
or 75 cents.
Mt. Moriah A.M.E.
Church, 304 Stone Street.
The original church building
was destroyed by fire in 1922.
Malissa Moore, a founding
member of the church, once
again raised funds to rebuild
the church. The present
Gothic Revival style building
was built in 1923.
Richard E. Stone Historic
District, 121-304 Stone
Street. The district is named
for Richard E. Stone who
invented and patented a
directional signal light for
automobiles in 1935. He also
helped start the civic organi-
zation which is today known
as the Cocoa- Rockledge
Civic League.
Coconut Grove
Dade County
Black Heritage Museum,
3301 Coral Way, in the
Miracle Center Mall. This
museum has a permanent
collection of more than 60
tribal artifacts from the West
Coast of Africa and New
Guinea, as well as a large
collection of black America-
na. Open 11 am -4 pm M -F; 1
pm -4 pm weekends/holidays.
Call (305) 446-7304 or (305)
252-3535.
Charles Avenue Historic
District, marker at Charles
Avenue and Main Highway.
The first black community on
the South Florida mainland
began here in the late 1880s
when blacks, primarily from
the Bahamas, came via Key
West to work at the Peacock'
Harry Tyson Moore
1906-1951
Civil rights activist
A native of Suwannee
County, Harry T. Moore
was president of the
Brevard County Branch of
the NAACP and later
president, then state
coordinator, of the Florida
Conference of the
NAACP. For seventeen
years, Moore traveled
through Florida, organiz-
ing NAACP branches,
investigating lynchings,
protesting acts of police
brutality and organizing
voter registration cam-
paigns. On Christmas Eve
1951, a bomb planted
under Moore's small six -
room cottage in Mims
killed Moore and his wife
Henrietta. The case
remains open at the
Florida Department of Law
Enforcement. Stetson
Kennedy, a white civil
rights activist, has pursued
the unsolved case for 40
years. "He would have
done the same for me,"
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Dr. Howard Thurman
1900-1981
Theologian
Reared by his illiterate
grandmother who was a
former slave, Howard
Thurman was the first
black child to finish the
eighth grade in Florida.
He later became a
celebrated minister and
theologian. He was a key
figure in introducing
Mahatma Gandhi's
philosophy of non-violent
protest to Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., who
regularly carried one of
Thurman's books, Jesus
and the Disinherited,
reading it in quiet mo-
ments before a civil rights
march. Undaunted by the
harsh times when blacks
weren't allowed to cross
the Halifax River at night
without prior permission,
Thurman successfully
pleaded for funds to go to
high school from James N.
Gamble of Proctor and
Gamble. Ebony Magazine
called Thurman one of the
50 most important figures
in Black American history
while Life rated him
among the 12 best
preachers in the nation.
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Inn, the first hotel in the
Miami area.
Coconut Grove Cemetery,
around 3650 Charles Ave-
nue. This cemetery was
developed in 1913 by the
Coconut Grove Colored
Cemetery Association which
included several of the most
prominent black citizens of
Coconut Grove — E. W. F.
Stirrup, Walker Burrows and
Joseph Riddick. It is the final
resting place of many
influential pioneer settlers of
the area.
Macedonia Baptist
Church, 3315 Douglas Road.
The congregation was
organized in 1895 as the first
Baptist church in Dade
County for black people. The
church was then known as
the Fifty -Six Baptist Church
because it had 56 charter
members. In 1903 the first
church building was erected
on Charles Avenue, and the
name was changed to St.
Agnes Missionary Baptist
Church. In 1922, the name
was again changed, from St.
Agnes to Macedonia. The
present structure was com-
pleted in 1948.
Stirrup House, 3242 Charles
Avenue. (Private residence.)
This two-story Frame
Vernacular structure was
built in 1897 of tough Florida
pine by Ebenezer W. F.
Stirrup, a native of the
Bahamas who came to the
United States in 1888.
Stirrup invested his earnings
in land and built over 100
homes to rent or sell to other
Bahamian blacks who came
to Coconut Grove around the
turn of the century. Many of
the houses still stand,
occupied by descendants of
some of those early pioneers.
Coral Gables
Dade County
MacFarlane Homestead
Subdivision Historic
District, bounded by Oak
Avenue, Grand Avenue,
Brooker Street and Jefferson
Street. The residences were
built primarily in the late
1920s and 1930s in a vernac-
ular type of architecture not
seen elsewhere in Coral
Gables. The styles in the
district include bungalows
and one-story frame "shot-
gun" houses. St. Mary's
Baptist Church at 136 Frow
Avenue was built in 1927.
Crestview
Okaloosa County
Carver -Hill Memorial
Museum, Fairview Park, 900
Block, McClelland Street.
This Masonry Vernacular
building was constructed in
1942 as a military barracks.
The museum is dedicated to
the preservation of black
culture and to the achieve-
ments of the black citizens of
Crestview. Call (904) 682-
3494.
Daytona Beach
Volusia County
Mary McLeod Bethune
House, NR, 641 Pearl Street
off of Second Avenue. This
simple two-story Frame
Vernacular structure was the
home of Mary McLeod
Bethune from the time of its
construction in the 1920s
until Dr. Bethune's death.
The structure is now a house
museum containing original
furnishings and an archives
for the Mary McLeod
Bethune papers. Open M -F;
tours upon request.
Call (904) 255-1401, Ext. 372.
Bethune-Cookman
Mary McLeod Bethune House, Daytona Beach College, 640 Second Ave -
T_ 1904 Mary McLeod
Bethune established the
Daytona.Educational and
Industrial Training School
for Negro Girls. The 1923
merger with the all male
Cookman Institute in
Jacksonville created Bethune-
Cookman Institute, now
known as Bethune-Cookman
College. One of the most
striking buildings on campus
is White Hall, a two-story
WiG an Revival style
fig constructed in 1916.
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Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach
Museum of Arts and
Sciences, 1040 Museum
Boulevard. A wing of the
museum is dedicated to the
African cultural history of
black Floridians. The African
art collection is considered
one of the best in the
Southeast.
Open 9 am -4 pm, Tu -F; 12
noon -5 pm, weekends.
Jackie Robinson Memorial
Ball Park, City Island.
Baseball Hall of Farrier Jackie
Robinson played his first
exhibition game as a member
of the Brooklyn Dodgers farm
club in Daytona Beach on
March 17, 1946. This was
professional baseball's first
integrated game. The
following year, Robinson
joined the Brooklyn Dodgers
and made baseball history. A
commemorative statue by
Montreal sculptor Jules
LaSalle was dedicated in
September 1990.
Howard Thurman House,
NR, 614 Whitehall Street.
The childhood home of
Howard Thurman is located
in one of the oldest residen-
tial sections of Daytona
Beach. Constructed c. 1888,
the two-story Frame Vernacu-
lar structure was one of the
first located on this quiet,
tree -lined street. Thurman
lived in the house from his
birth to his departure for high
school in Jacksonville in
1917. He returned to visit his
childhood home on many
occasions throughout his life.
DeLand
Volusia County
Bradley Hall—Safe Home
Orphanage, 511 S. Clara
Avenue. (Private residence.)
This two-story Masonry
Vernacular building con-
structed c.1925 was an
orphanage for black.aiildren.
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.simsit viry'to�'the riepds,of
poor children in the commu-
nity.
Old DeLand Colored
Hospital, NR, Stone Street.
The Masonry Vernacular
building was constructed in
1926 and is significant in the
development of medical
services for African American
residents of Volusia County.
When contrasted with the
Old DeLand Memorial
Hospital for whites, the plain
and unadorned building is an
architectural statement of the
dissimilarity in segregated
public facilities during the
1920s.
J.W. Wright Building, 258-
264 W. Voorhis Ave., in the
Yemassee settlement.
Constructed in 1920 at a cost
of $15,000, the building was
designed by architect Francis
Miller, who was active in the
Florida land boom of the
1920s. The Wright building
is a two-story Masonry
Vernacular structure. Anoth-
Mary McLeod
Bethune
1875-1955
Educator
The daughter of former
slaves, Mary McLeod
Bethune rose to become a
noted black educator and
advisor to presidents from
Coolidge to Truman. She
was President Franklin
Roosevelt's Director of
Black Affairs in the
National Youth Adminis-
tration and later was a
consultant to the founding
conference of the United
Nations. She had
launched a school for girls
in Daytona in 1904 with
$1.50 and sheer determi-
nation. "We burned logs
and used the charred
splinters as pencils and
mashed elderberries for
ink ... I haunted the city
dump and the trash piles
behind hotels, retrieving
discarded linen and
kitchenware, cracked
dishes, broken chairs...
Everything was scoured
and mended," she wrote.
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Zora Neale Hurston
1901-1960
Folklorist/
anthropologist
Born in Eatonville, Zora
Neale Hurston was a
major contributor to the
Harlem Renaissance and
a chronicler of Florida's
culture. A recipient of
Rosenwald and Guggen-
heim fellowships, Hurston
was one of the first blacks
to receive a bachelor's
degree from Barnard
College. Her autobio-
graphical work, Dust
Tracks on the Road, won
the Anisfield-Wolf award
from the Saturday Review
in 1943. She was a
master story teller. Her
works, however, faded
into obscurity and,
receiving a rejection of
her manuscript on King
Herod, she died nearly
penniless and in a welfare
home. Pulitzer Prize-
winning novelist Alice
Walker rediscovered and
brought back to popularity
Hurston's marvelous spirit.
Today, Hurston's novels,
stories and autobiography
are on reading lists of
schools across the nation.
er of Miller's works is the
facility built for whites at Old
DeLand Memorial Hospital.
Yemassee Settlement,
centering around Voorhis,
Euclid, Adelle, and Clara
Avenues. Yemassee began to
develop as an exclusive black
settlement in the Progressive
Era. The area contains some
of the oldest buildings
associated with black residen-
tial neighborhoods in
DeLand. Embodying Late
Gothic Revival styling, the
Greater Union Baptist Church
was constructed at 240 South
Clara Avenue in 1893.
Delray Beach
Palm Beach
B.F. James & Frances Jane
Bright Mini•Park, east side
of N.W. 5th Avenue, 100
feet south of N.W. 1st Street.
This site contains a bronze
marker indicating five
historic sites in one of the
oldest sections of Delray
Beach. These sites played a
vital role in the early devel-
opment of the town. They
are: School No. 4 Delray
Colored, located at the site;
Greater Mount Olive
Old Dillard High School, Fort Lauderdale
Missionary Baptist Church,
40 N.W. 4th Avenue; St.
Paul A.M.E. Church, 119
N.W. 5th Avenue; Free and
Accepted Masons, Lodge 275,
85 N.W. 5th Avenue; and St.
Matthew Episcopal Church,
404 S.W. 3rd Street.
Dunnellon
Marion County
Second Bethel Baptist
Church, Annie Johnson
Center, east of U.S. Highway
41, south of Dunnellon in
Citrus County. Now a
Human Resource Center, this
Frame Vernacular style
building was completed in
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1888 and served as a school
for the black community. The
pastor, Rev. Henry Shaw, was
the first to minister to black
turpentine, sawmill and
phosphate workers in the area.
Eatonville
Orange County
Eatonville, off U.S. 17-92,
north of Orlando, between
Winter Park and Maitland.
The hometown of Zora Neale
Hurston, Eatonville is the
country's oldest black
municipality, incorporated in
1887. Hurston's life and
literary work were most
influenced by her childhood
in Eatonville. A commemora-
tive marker is located in the
Zora Neale Hurston Memorial
Park, 11 People Street in the
Eatonville Municipal Com-
plex. Eatonville hosts the
annual "ZORA!" festival.
Floral City
Citrus County
Frasier Cemetery, corner of
Great Oaks Drive and East
Tower Trail. This African
American cemetery was
established by H. C. Frasier
in 1908 when he used the
Walker Museum, Old Dillard High School
land for the burial of his son.
Arthur Norton, one of the
first black settlers in the
town, is buried here. He
moved to the area around
1900 to work in the phos-
phate mines and lived to be
108. Ninety-six percent of
those who came to Floral
City to excavate phosphate
were African-Americans. The
earliest graves in the ceme-
tery date back to the early
1900s.
Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church, 8200 E. Magnolia
Street. Built between 1895
and 1910, this wood frame
Folk Style church is the
oldest religious building for
African Americans in Floral
City.
Fort Lauderdale
Broward County
a museum dedicated to
Clarence C. Walker. As
principal, Walker traveled
throughout the county
collecting signatures on
petitions urging a full nine-
month school term for
Dillard High School. Until
1942, black schools were
closed from November until
March so the children could
harvest area crops such as
green beans and peppers.
Dr. James F. Sistrunk
Boulevard Historical
Marker, 1400 Block,
Sistrunk Blvd., N.W. 6th
Street. In recognition of
distinguished civic and
medical service to the citizens
of Broward County, this
street was dedicated to Dr.
James F. Sistrunk in Septem-
ber 1971. Dr. Sistrunk was
Dunbar High School, Fort Myers
Old Dillard High School,
NR, 1001 N.W. 4th Street.
This Masonry Vernacular
structure was built in 1924
and is one of the oldestr
buildings in the city. Origi-
nally known as the "Colored
School", it was the first
school for blacks in Fort
Lauderdale. The building is
used for education and houses
the first black medical doctor
in the city and the only one
for almost sixteen years.
Fort Myers
Lee County
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
School, NR, 1857 High
Street. Completed in 1927,
the Dunbar School served as
the colored high school for
the predominately black
Dunbar community and the
surrounding area. Prior to
September 1925, educational
opportunities for blacks were
limited to grades 1-6. The
Masonry Vernacular structure
now houses adult education
classes and other community
services. Williams Academy,
which served as the black
school until Dunbar School
opened, has been relocated to
the site.
Mccullum Hall, N.E.
corner of Cranford and Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
This entertainment spot for
the black community also
served as the USO for black
WWII soldiers training at
Page and Buckingham Fields.
Legendary entertainers such
as Duke Ellington and Count
Basie appeared here. Built c.
1938, the structure is present-
ly a store and rooming house.
Etta Powell Home, 2764
Lime Street. (Private resi-
dence.) Black major league
baseball players used to reside
in private residences when
their teams were training at
Terry Park since they were
not allowed in area hotels.
The Etta Powell Home was
last used by baseball players
in 1970.
Fort Pierce
St. Lucie County
Zora Neale Hurston
House, 1734 School Court
Street. (Private residence.)
This modest one story
concrete block house is the
only known extant dwelling
in which Hurston lived and
worked. Hurston moved to
Fort Pierce in 1957 and was
the first tenant to live in this
house on the city's north side.
Hurston lived here while
working as a reporter and
columnist for The Fort Pierce
Chronicle and while writing
her manuscript on Herod the
Great.
Gainesville
Alachua County
Mt. Pleasant A.M.E.
Church, 630 N.W. 2nd
Street. This Romanesque
Revival style structure was
constructed in 1906 and is
the most important building
in the Pleasant Street
Historic District from an
architectural standpoint. The
congregation was organized in
1867, making it the earliest
formal black congregation in
the city.
. Pleasant Street Historic
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oldest and largest continuous-
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Josiah Thomas Walls
1842-1905
Politician
Impressed into the Confed-
erate forces, later joining
Union forces by choice,
Josiah Walls carved out a
political career in the
tumultuous days of Recon-
struction. He won election
to the Florida House of
Representatives in 1868,
to the Florida Senate in
1869 and became
Florida's first black
Congressman in 1870.
He served three terms,
promoting the cause of
black education including
a bill to grant one million
acres of land for the
college now known as
Florida ASPM. Congress
eventually granted the
college 90,000 acres. A
Gainesville attorney,
Walls preferred farming
but was wiped out finan-
cially when a freeze
destroyed his orange
groves. He then became
assistant to the superinten-
dent of farms at Florida
Normal and Industrial
School for Negroes.
area in Gainesville. The
district is significant as the
religious and social center for
black entertainment, com-
merce, education and church
life in the city.
Josiah Walls Historical
Marker, University Avenue
between 1st and 2nd Streets.
The marker commemorates
the first black United States
Congressman elected from
Florida (1870).
Haines City
Polk County
Bethune Neighborhood
Center, 8th Street and
Avenue E. Previously known
as Oakland High School, this
complex of five buildings was
a school for black children
from Haines City, Loughman,
Davenport, Lake Hamilton,
Dundee and the unincorpo-
rated areas of Northeast Polk
County. Presently used for a
variety of civic, recreational,
and educational functions.
Jacksonville
Duval County
Bethel Baptist Institutional
Church, NR, 1058 Hogan
Edward Waters College, Jacksonville
Kingsley Plantation house, Jacksonville
Street. Since its construction
in 1904, this Neo-classical
Revival style building has
served as the focal point for
the religious and community
life of Jacksonville's black
citizens. The congregation
was first organized in July
1838 with six charter
members including two slaves
belonging to the Rev. J.
Jaudan.
Catherine Street Fire
Station #3, 12 Catherine
Street. Built in 1902 to
replace a station destroyed by
the Great Jacksonville Fire of
1901, the station was manned
by black firemen for several
years. It is now the city's fire
historical museum. Among its
features are a large, arched
door to accommodate horse-
drawn fire wagons and star-
shaped tie rod ends in the
facade for windstorm protec-
tion. Now surrounded by new
construction, the fire station
may soon be moved to a
location in Metropolitan
Park approximately 1/4 mile
to the east. Tours by appoint-
ment. Call (904) 630-2453.
Centennial Hall, NR, 1715
Kings Road. Named to
commemorate the centennial
celebration of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church,
this three-story brick struc-
ture was built in 1916 by the
Rev. Richard L. Brown, one
of the few black architects
and builders of the period. It
now houses the library for
Edward Waters College.
Kingsley Plantation State
Historic Site, NR, 11676
Palmetto Avenue, on Fort
George Island off Highway
AIA. Kingsley Plantation is
one of the few remaining
examples of the plantation
system of Territorial Florida
and is the site of the oldest
plantation house in the state.
Although Zephaniah Kings-
ley was married to an African
UbMan and advocated
Wft*nt treatment of slaves,
//he believed that slavery
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Catherine Street Fire Station #3, Jacksonville
assured the success of
agriculture in the South. The
1817 house and the tabby
slave cabins still exist. Open
8am-sunset, daily. Guided
tours Th -M.
Call (904) 251-3122.
Old Brewster Hospital, Jacksonville
Masonic Temple Building,
NR, 410 Broad Street. Built
in 1912 by the Black Masons
of Florida, the six -story red
brick structure serves as
Headquarters of the Masons
of the State of Florida Grand
East and focal point for the
Asa Philip Randolph
1889-1979
Laborleader
Born in Crescent City,
Florida, Randolph was
one of the nation's
foremost spokesmen for
black labor. In 1925 he
organized and served as
first President of the all
black International
Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters. He organized
two major marches on
Washington, D.C., in
1941 and 1963, which
resulted in important
advances in black civil
rights. The 1963 march
made Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. a national figure.
Randolph was the first
black to serve as an
International Vice Presi-
dent of the AFL-CIO in
1957, and received the
Presidential Medal of
Freedom from President
Johnson in 1964.
James Weldon
Johnson
1871-1938
Poet/novel ist/activist
A native of Jacksonville,
Johnson became one of
the leading poets of the
Harlem Renaissance in the
1920s. He was also the
first black to pass the bar
examination in the State
of Florida. During Presi-
dent Woodrow Wilson's
administration, he served
as consul to Nicaragua
and Venezuela. In 1916
he became the first
executive secretary of the
National Association for
the Advancement of
Colored People. Johnson
is best remembered,
however, for his poem
"Lift Every Voice and
Sing", known as the black
national anthem.
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black community's commer-
cial and fraternal activities.
Mount Olive A.M.E.
Church, 841 Franklin Street.
Designed by Richard L.
Brown, Jacksonville's first
black architect, the 1921-22
church reflects Brown's
;Midonic Temple, Jacksonville
Mount Zion A.M.E. Church, Jacksonville
eclectic style. Built of
concrete block, textured on
the upper stories to simulate
quarry stone, and with brown
mortar to add rich contrast,
the church includes a large
portico at the main sanctuary
entrance.
Mount Zion A.M.E.
Church, 201 East Beaver
Street. After the Civil War,
several dozen Freedmen
organized a "society" for
religious worship and became
formally recognized as the
Mount Zion A.M.E. Church
on July 28, 1866. The 1901
fire destroyed their brick
sanctuary which seated 1500.
Within months the church
was rebuilt at an estimated
cost of $18,000. The Ro-
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Ritz Theatre, Jacksonville
manesque Revival style
church features arched
windows and door openings,
art -glass windows, and a
prominent bell tower.
Old Brewster Hospital, 915
West Monroe Street. (Private
residence.) Built in 1885, this
Queen Anne style residence
was sold in 1901 to the
Women's Home Missionary
Society of the Methodist
Church. With a gift of $1500
from Mrs. George A. Brew-
ster, the Missionary Society
established a hospital and
nurse training facility which
was the first Jacksonville
hospital for blacks. The
hospital moved to other
facilities in 1910, but the
original structure still stands,
featuring a two tier veranda
with jigsaw scroll work.
Ritz Theater, Davis and
State Streets. Located in a
traditionally black commer-
cial district in the La Villa
neighborhood, the building
was designed by locally
prominent architect Jefferson
Powell. This exuberant Art
Deco style building which
opened in 1929 included a
cinema, shops and offices.
The Ritz and the surrounding
commercial area quickly grew
into a thriving arts, enter-
tainment and shopping area
for Jacksonville's black
community. Now deteriorat-
ed and vacant, the theater
may undergo rehabilitation to
help revitalize the area.
Stanton High School, NR,
521 W. Ashley Street.
Stanton High was established
in 1868 as the first public
school for black children in
Jacksonville. It was named for
Edwin M. Stanton, an
outspoken abolitionist and
Secretary of War in the
Cabinet of Abraham Lincoln.
The present Masonry
Vernacular style structure,
completed in 1917, was at
that time the only high
school for blacks in the
county. James Weldon
Johnson was a student at
Stanton High and served as
principal from 1894 to 1902.
Edward Waters College,
1658 Kings Road. The oldest
center of black learning in
Florida, Edward Waters
College was created in 1866,
in the aftermath of the Civil
War as New England teachers
migrated south, assembling
former slaves for classes in
church basements, box cars,
jails and old buildings. The
African Methodist Episcopal
Church established the
original school, which was
destroyed by fire in 1901. The
college was moved to Kings
Road in 1904. Asa Philip
Randolph, national leader in
the black labor movement,
was a graduate.
Clara White Mission, 611-
13 West Ashley Street. The
mission is a memorial to the
humanitarian activities of
Clara English White and her
daughter Eartha M. M.
White. Clara White was a
pioneer member of Bethel
Baptist Church and her
influence was felt throughout
community life—at free
dinners, soup kitchens and
holiday celebrations. The
Masonry Vernacular style
building by architect H. J.
Klutho continues to be a
symbol of hope to the needy.
Key West
Monroe County
Bahama Village, bounded
by Whitehead, Louisa, Fort
and Angela Streets. Bahama
Village is the principal black
residential area of Key West.
Settlement of the neighbor-
hood began in the 1870s by
persons of African descent
who had arrived from the
U.S. mainland, the Bahamas,
and the Caribbean. Most of
the neighborhood buildings
are Frame Vernacular houses
built before 1912 with
historic churches scattered
among them. Many promi-
nent African-Americans had
homes in the area including
Robert Gabriel, Monroe
County's representative in
the State Legislature in 1879,
and Mildred Shaver, princi-
pal of the Frederick Douglass
School in the early twentieth
century.
Caribbean House, Bahama Village, Key West
Cornish Memorial A.M.E.
Zion Church, 702 White-
head Street. This wood
frame, Gothic Revival
structure is architecturally
distinctive as well as histori-
cally significant. It was built
in 1903 and named in honor
of Sandy Cornish, an early
Bahamian immigrant who
founded the congregation
in 1865.
Nelson English Park,
corner of Thomas and
Amelia Streets. Located in
Bahama Village, this park is
named for the African-
American civic leader who
was the island's postmaster
from 1882-1886.
Kissimmee
Osceola County
Bethel A.M.E. Church,
1702 North Brack Street.
This one-story Masonry
Vernacular church was
constructed in 1916. The
name of Lawrence Silas, a
prosperous black cattleman in
Florida's range country,
appears on the cornerstone.
His father's estate gone,
Lawrence Silas rebuilt the
family fortune, butchering for
men who had large herds.
Lake City
Columbia County
Florida Sports Hall of
Fame, 601 Hall of Fame
Drive, 1/4 mile north of U.S.
90 and 1/2 mile west of
Interstate 75. The Florida
Sports Hall of Fame was
founded in 1958 as a show-
case for Florida's sports
legends. Exhibits and video
displays highlight the careers of
some of Florida's great black
sports figures. See page 14.
Open 9 am -9 pm, M-Sa,
Zora Neale Hurston wrote of 10 am -7 pm, Su.
Silas' exploits, character and
skill. He eventually owned
thousands of head, contained SIAM10tted Into the pubIl®
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Members
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Florida
Sports Hall
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Baseball
Andre Dawson
Hal McRae
Tim Raines
Basketball
Artis Gilmore
Jack "Cy" McClairen
Football
Ottis Anderson
Wes Chandler
Alonzo S. "Jake" Gaither
Willie Galimore
Bob Hayes
Deacon Jones
Larry Little
Nat Moore
Ken Riley
Lee Roy Selmon
Pa,d Warfif-M
Golf
Charlie Owens
Tennis
Althea Gibson
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Live Oak
Suwannee County
African Missionary Baptist
Church, 509 Walker
Avenue S.W., two blocks
south of Highway 90. The
first church was built on the
corner of Parshley and
Houston Avenue on land
given by Mrs. Nancy Parsh-
ley, a wealthy, compassionate
white woman. This Masonry
Vernacular building was built
in 1910.
Marathon
Monroe County
Adderly House, 5550
Overseas Highway. (Private
residence.) Located in the
Crane Point Historic and
Archaeological District, this
Masonry Vernacular house
was built c. 1906 by George
Adderly, a black Bahamian
immigrant who was a spong-
er, boatman, and charcoal
maker. It is a one-story
building with a hip roof
similar to residences built by
blacks in the Bahamas during
the 19th century.
Russ Home. Marianna
Pigeon Key Historic District, Marathon
Pigeon Key Historic
District, NR, off U.S.
Highway 1 at mile marker 45.
Seven Frame Vernacular
structures built between
1909-1920 as a railroad
construction work camp for
laborers on Henry Flagler's
"overseas railroad". The camp
includes a 1912 "Negro
Workers' Cottage" which
housed blacks during the
period. The site is being
developed as a recreational
facility to include interpreta-
tion of the railroad era.
Marianna
Jackson County
Joseph W. Russ, Jr. House,
NR, 310 W. Lafayette Street.
(Private residence.) This was
the main plantation house
near Timothy Thomas
Fortune's birthplace. Fortune,
often called the dean of black
journalism, was born a slave
on the plantation in 1856.
During his lifetime, Fortune
authored three books,
published the acclaimed
newspaper, The New York
Age, and made contributions
in education, economics,
civil rights and politics.
Alterations between 1910
and 1912 gave the house a
Classical Revival appearance.
Melbourne
Brevard County
Wright Brothers House,
2310 1/2 Lipscomb Street.
(Private residence.) Wright
Brothers was among the first
settlers of Melbourne,
establishing his homestead in
the area by 1877. Brothers'
Frame Vernacular house was
constructed around 1892.
Miami
Dade County
Bill Baggs Cape Florida
State Recreation Area,
south Key Biscayne, off U.S.
Hwy. 1. Cape Florida was the
site where many black
Seminoles and escaped slaves
sought passage to the Baha-
mas when Florida was
transferred from Spain to the
United States in 1821. Those
who could afford passage
bargained with "wreckers"
from the Bahamas while
others elected to make the
crossing in Seminole dugout
canoes fitted with sails and
paddles. The lighthouse,
which was built in 1825, was
attacked by Seminole Indians
during the Second Seminole
War. The assistant lighthouse
keeper aftcl`his blapk servant .
were shot and trapped in the
burning lighthouse. While the
assistant lighthouse keeper
lived through the ordeal, the
black man died. Open 8 am -
sunset, year round.
Black Archives, History
and Research Foundation
of South Florida, Joseph
Caleb Community Center,
5400 N.W. 22nd Avenue,
Suite 702. A repository of
manuscripts and photographs
which document the black
experience in Dade County.
Several art pieces are located
in the building, including a
portrait of black artist Joseph
Caleb for whom the center is
named. Open 1 pm -5 pm,
daily. Research hours by
appointment.
Call (305) 636-2390.
Chapman House, 1200
N.W. 6th Avenue. This
Colonial style residence was
built in 1923 by Dr. William
A. Chapman, Sr., the first
known African American
hired by the State Board of
Health as a consultant for
disease control. The site is
scheduled to open in the fall
of 1993 as the Dade County
Ethnic Heritage Children's
Folklife Museum.
Greater Bethel A.M. E. Church, Miami
City Cleric
Booker T. Washington High School, Miami
Greater Bethel A.M.E.
Church, NR, 245 N.W. 8th
Street. Greater Bethel
A.M.E. Church was organized
in 1896, several months
before the city was incorpo-
rated. Construction of this
Mediterranean Revival style
building began in 1927 but
was not completed until
1942. It is one of the few
examples of this architectural
style in Overtown.
Florida Memorial College,
15800 N.W. 42nd Ave
(LeJeune Road). In the late
1800s, the American Baptist
Home Mission Society
created two colleges in North
Florida - The Florida Baptist
Institute for Negroes in Live
Oak (1879) and the Florida
Baptist Academy in Jackson-
ville (1892). Following a
series of name changes and
relocations, the two institu-
Bahamas Goombay Festival, Miami
tions merged in 1941 and in
1968 moved from Saint
Augustine to the present
modem campus in Miami.
Lincoln Memorial Park,
N.W. 46th Street and N.W.
30th Avenue. Lincoln
Memorial, opened in 1924,
was for decades the cemetery
for blacks in Miami. Blacks
sometimes marched to
Lincoln Memorial playing
tuba and trumpet in Dixie-
land funeral processions.
Black pioneers buried here
include Dana Albert Dorsey,
Miami's first black million-
aire, and Gwen Sawyer
Cherry, the first black woman
to serve in the Florida
Legislature.
Lyric Theatre, NR, 819
N.W. 2nd Avenue. This
masonry vaudeville and
movie theater was built by
prominent black entrepre-
neur Geder Walker in 1915.
Once one of the major
centers of entertainment for
blacks, this building is the
lone survivor of the district
known as "Little Broadway"
which flourished in Over -
town during the 1930s -1940s.
The exterior still shows
evidence of its former
elegance, through the three
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part composition of the
facade and applied classical
details.
Overtown Neighborhood,
between N.W. Second and
Third Avenues and N.W.
Eighth and Tenth Streets.
Dating from 1896, Overtown
is one of the oldest neighbor-
hoods in Miami. The area
developed into a vibrant
community where schools,
churches and businesses
flourished. Plans for the
restored village include a
regional cultural and enter-
tainment tourist attraction
highlighting the legacy of
Miami's Overtown as well as
black cultural heritage.
Mount Zion A.M.E. Church, Ocala
16.
Bethune-Volusia Beach, New Smyrna Beach
St. John's Baptist Church,
NR, 1328 N.W. 3rd Avenue.
The congregation was
organized in 1906. The
current building, designed by
the black architectural firm of
McKissack and McKissick,
was completed in 1940. The
two-story masonry building is
an eclectic architectural
blend of Art Moderne details
on Gothic style massing.
The Vanguard—Miami's
Forerunners of Human
Progress, Historical Museum
of Southern Florida, 111
Hagler Street. This mural of
Miami's black personalities
was commissioned by the
Urban League of Greater
Miami, Inc. to commemorate
the 25th anniversary of the
passage of the 1965 Voting
Rights Act. Open 10 am -5
pm, M-Sa; 10 am -9 pm, Th;
12 noon -5 pm, Su.
Booker T. Washington
High School, 1200 N.W.
6th Avenue. Construction
began in 1926, amid protest
of the citizens living in the
area. Many men in the
community took turns
standing guard at night and
working during the day, until
the school was built. Official-
ly opened on March 28, 1927,
this was the first school in
South Florida to provide a
12th grade education for
black children. The school
presently serves the middle
grade levels.
Submitted into the pu
Milton
Santa Rosa
Mount Pilgrim African
Baptist Church, corner of
Alice and Clara Streets. The
Mount Pilgrim African
Baptist Church was organized
in 1866 by blacks who left
the First Baptist Church.
This 1916 building is an
excellent example of Gothic
Revival architecture. It was
designed by Wallace A.
Rayfield, a leading black
architect in the South in the
early twentieth century.
Members of Mount Pilgrim
helped establish four other
black congregations in the
community.
New Smyrna
Beach
Volusia County
Bethune-Volusia Beach,
Highway AlA six miles south
of New Smyrna Beach.
Notable educator Mary
McLeod Bethune, insurance
executive G. D. Rogers of
Tampa, rancher Lawrence
Silas of Kissimmee and other
black investors purchased this
ocean -front property in the
1940s to develop a black
residential resort community
and recreation area. Ameni-
ties include a bath house,
picnic facilities, and a snack
bar.
Old Sacred Heart/St. Rita
(Colored) Mission Church,
312 N. Duss Street. Con-
structed in 1899, this Frame
Vernacular building was a
blibouse of worship for a
record in connection Withommunity of black Roman
Dern 1gt6-A on - Catholics. One of few places
Walter Foemar the area where the
_ atholic Church played an
Fessenden Elementary School, Ocala
active part in black commu-
nity life, it is the only
building still standing that
represents such activism.
Ocala
Marion County
Fessenden Elementary
School, 4200 N.W. 90th
Street. Established in 1868,
the school became Fessenden
Academy in 1898. It was
named in honor of Ferdinand
Stone Fessenden, a wealthy
businessman from Boston
who provided financial
support and encouraged the
American Missionary
Association to sponsor the
school. The existing buildings
date from the Depression Era.
Call (904) 622-5234.
Howard Academy Com-
munity Center, 306 N.W.
7th Avenue. Established in
1885 by the Board of Public
Instruction as a graded school
for Negroes, Howard Acade-
my now serves as a neighbor-
hood center.
Mount Zion A.M.E.
Church, NR, 623 S. Magno-
lia Avenue. The present
Church, the only surviving
brick 19th -century religious
structure in Ocala, stands
behind the site of the original
white frame building.
Construction of this first
brick church owned by a
black congregation began in
1891 under the supervision of
black architect and builder,
Levi Alexander, Sr. The
Gothic Revival style struc-
ture's most prominent feature
is its two-story tower.
Olustee
Baker County
Olustee Battlefield State
Historic Site, NR, two miles
east of Olustee on U.S.
Highway 90. This site
commemorates Florida's
major Civil War battle. On
February 20, 1864, approxi-
mately 5500 Union troops
under the command of
General Truman A. Seymour
marched westward from
Sanderson. Confederate
forces were defending
positions near Ocean Pond.
The battle lasted for five
hours until Union forces
retreated. Casualties amount-
ed to an estimated 1860
Union and 946 Confederate
soldiers. Participants in the
battle included three all -
black, infantry regiments: 1st
North Carolina, the 8th U.S.
Colored and the 54th
Massachusetts. About one-
third of the Union troops
were blacks. Open 9 am -5
pm, daily. Re-enactment held
each February.
Call (904) 752-3866.
Opa-locka
Dade County
Opa-locka Thematic
Development, NR. Located
northwest of Miami, largely
black Opa-locka is one of
Florida's unique communities
because of its widespread use of
the Moorish Revival architec-
tural style. Today, 65 of the
original 100 buildings remain.
Harry Hurt Building, NR,
490 Ali -Baba Avenue. One
of the most prominent
Moorish Revival style
buildings in Opa-locka, this
1926 building was construct-
ed to serve as a shopping and
service center. The building
retains much of its original
character, including a central
dome and flanking minarets.
Opa-locka City Hall, NR,
777 Sharazad Boulevard.
Inspiration for the design of
this building was supposedly
Submitted Into the publlC found in the tale "The Talk
record in connection with Bird" and the building itself
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Opa-locka City Hall, Opa-locka
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J. A. Colyer Building, Orlando
the fantasy's Emperor
Kosroushah of Persia. The
building was an advertising
focus for the fanciful Boom
time development of Opa-
locka. Acquired by the City
in 1939 for use as a city hall,
the building has been
restored.
Opa-locka Railroad
Station, NR, 500 block of
Ali -Baba Avenue. An
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Palatka
important building architec-
turally and commercially to
the development of Opa-
locka, the 1927 railroad
station enticed the first-time
visitor and the potential
investor. The design was
based on the tales "Ali Baba
and the Forty Thieves" and
"Alladin and his Lamps".
Fine tile work survives.
Orlando
Orange County
Callahan Neighborhood,
bounded by Colonial Drive,
Central Avenue, Division
Street and Orange Blossom
Trail. This neighborhood,
started in 1886, is one of the
oldest black communities in
Orlando. The district
includes the Callahan
Neighborhood Center,
formerly the old Jones High
School which was established
in 1895.
J. A. Colyer Building, 27-
29 Church Street. Currently
an Irish pub, this Ro-
manesque style building was
built in 1911 and housed the
Colyer and Williams tailor
shop. This early black
business was located among
white businesses in down-
town Orlando.
Dr. I. S. Hankins House,
219 Lime Street. (Private
residence.) This Mediterra-
nean Revival style residence
was built in 1935 as the home
of Orlando's pioneer black
physician who campaigned for
improved race relations and for
black home ownership.
Old Ebenezer Church, 596
West Church Street. This
Gothic Revival church was
built c. 1900 by the congrega-
tion of the Ebenezer United
Methodist Church. After the
congregation moved, this
structure became home to the
Greater Refuge Church of
Our Lord.
Old Mount Pleasant
Baptist Church, 701 West
South Street. This Ro-
manesque style building,
constructed in 1920, now
houses the Tabernacle of the
Enlightened Church of God.
The congregation first met in
a rough shed in 1919,
eventually erecting a stone
church.
Palatka
Putnam County
Bethel A.M.E. Church, 719
Reid Street. This Ro-
manesque Revival style
building was constructed by
the congregation c. 1908-
1912. The residents of the
adjacent community of
Newtown organized the
church in 1866.
Finley Homestead, 522
Main Street. (Private
residence.) This two-story
Frame Vernacular structure
was the home of Adam
Finley, a free, African
American artisan. Finley
acquired the property in
1883. His grandson, Dr.
Harold E. Finley, was a
nationally known zoologist.
Old Central Academy
High School, 1207 Wash-
ington Street. Established in
1892, Central Academy
became the first accredited
Negro high school in Florida
in 1924. The first Central
Academy building was
destroyed by fire in 1936. The
present building replaced it in
1937 and now serves as the
County School Board Service
Center.
Pensacola
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The Riley Building, 571-75 Escambia County
West Church Street. This
Masonry Vernacular building Daniel "Chappie" James'
was constructed in 1947 by Birthplace, 1606 N. Alcaniz
-
businessman Zellie L. Riley, Street. The site where
who operated a tailor shop Chappie James was born and
and men's ready-to-wear store where his mother, Lillie A.
at the site. Riley championed James, ran a school for black
black business opportunity children. There is a small
through the Negro Chamber shelter covering the front steps
of Commerce. which are painted white and
SUbnritted into the pUbiiibeled "Chappie's First Steps".
record in connection with
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Walter FoenIM
City Clerk
St. Michael's. Pensacola
Julee Cottage Museum,
210 E. Zaragoza Street,
Seville Square Historic
District. This simple wood
frame building, built between
1804-1808, is Pensacola's
only surviving "to the
sidewalk" construction. It
belonged to Julee Panton, a
"free woman of color", who
sought to purchase the
freedom of her fellow,
enslaved blacks. The cot-
tage's pegged framing and
beaded ceilings were pre-
served during rehabilitation
as a Black History Museum.
Open 10 am -4:30 pm, M-Sa.
Call (904) 444-8986.
Mount Zion Baptist
Church, 528 West Jackson
Street. After the congrega-
tion was organized in 1880,
the church buildings were
twice destroyed by fire. The
present Romanesque Revival
style structure was erected in
1918.
Saint Michael's Creole
Benevolent Association
Hall, NR, 416 East Govern-
ment Street, Seville Square
Historic District. Constructer
in 1895-96 by members of th
St. Michael's Social Club, th,
Frame Vernacular hall was
used for social and cultural
activities by Creoles, a
racially mixed group isolated
from both the white and
black communities. It was
restored in 1972 using the
original color scheme. Open
10 am -4:30 pm, M-Sa.
Call (904) 444-8986.
Perry
Taylor County
Painting entitled "Cypress
Logging", U.S. Post Office,
painted this depiction of the
lumber industry in which
many blacks worked.
Through the Public Works of
Art Project, the federal
government selected artists
and subjects to embellish
public buildings. Installed in
February 1938 in the Old
Perry Post Office at 201 East
Green Street, the panel was
moved in 1987.
Punta Gorda
Charlotte County
Baker Elementary School,
311 East Charlotte Avenue.
The school was named for the
first principal -teacher of the
county's first "colored
school", Benjamin Joshua
Baker. Baker was persuaded
to come to Punta Gorda by
Dan T. Smith, the first black
appointed to the DeSoto
County Board of Education.
In 1942, a few months after
Baker's death, a school for
black children was built near
his home and named for
him. It is used today for pre-
school classes.
Daniel "Chapple"
James, Jr.
1920-1978
Military officer
A Pensacola native,
"Chappie" James became
the first black four-star
general in American
military history in 1976.
His illustrious career
included 101 combat
missions as a fighter pilot
in Korea and 78 more in
Vietnam. He was decorat-
ed for valor and air
tactics. Once, as com-
1600 S. Jefferson Street. manding officer of the
Commissioned by the U.S. l.•U.S. Air Force base in
Treasury Department, Florida iubWfted Into MO 0(� Libya, and wearing a 45
artist George Snow Hill Mwrd in connection W, automatic stuffed under
tteM �_S �_�� o� his belt, he confronted the
on
Julee Cottage, Pensacola
i
new dictator, Muammar
Walter Foeman Khadafy, at the front gate
.. rk and forced his withdraw -
al. Khadafy had intended
to seize the base with his
half-tracks. In the late
1970s, the General was
sought out as a potential
candidate for lieutenant
governor of Florida but
died of a heart attack a
few weeks after his
retirement. James was a
widely acclaimed national
spokesman for black
self-respect.
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Arnett Chapel A.M.E. Church, Quincy
Quincy
Gadsden County
Arnett Chapel A.M.E.
Church, 209 South Duval
Street. Organized in 1866,
the congregation is among
the oldest in Gadsden
County. The Romanesque
Revival style building was
constructed in 1938-39 and
named for the Rev. Benjamin
W. Arnett, the Presiding
Bishop in Florida from 1888-
1892.
Hardon Building, 16 W.
Washington Street. Owned
by William Hardon, a black
man, this was one of the
earliest ice and electric plants
in Quincy. Hardon's small
generator was located in the
rear of the building, with the
ice plant adjacent to it. In
the front of the building was
a bar and in the basement, a
dice and card room patron-
ized by some of the town's
elite. The Masonry Vernacu-
lar building, constructed
around the turn of the
century, is now an office
supply business.
Masonic Lodge, 122 South
Duval Street. Since 1907,
this building has been the
masonic lodge meeting hall
for black masons. It is a
Submitted Into the publl0
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simple, two-story Frame
Vernacular building with an
open hall on the first floor. It
was moved from its original
site in 1976 and remodeled.
William S. Stevens Hospi-
tal, corner of Roberts and
Crawford Streets. (Private
residence.) Dr. William
Spencer Stevens practiced
medicine in Quincy for more
than fifty years. His fame
spread during the yellow fever
outbreak of 1906 and the
influenza epidemic of 1918.
In the years following, Dr.
Stevens established a clinic, a
hospital, and a drug store.
The hospital was located in
this two-story Frame Vernac-
ular structure.
St. Augustine
St. Johns County
Butler Beach, on Anastasia
Island, approximately 8 miles
south of St. Augustine on
Highway AIA. In 1927,
Lincolnville businessman
Frank B. Butler bought land
between the Atlantic Ocean
and the Matanzas River
which he developed into
Butler Beach, for many years
the only beach African
Americans were allowed to
use between Jacksonville and
Daytona Beach.
',-`Wafter Foel1 w Willie Galimore Commu-
City Clerk nity Center, 399 South
Riberia Street. This recre-
ational facility is named in
honor of St. Augustine native
Willie Galimore. The former
Florida A&M three time All-
American played seven years
with the Chicago Bears in the
National Football League.
GAmore' led the Bears in
irif9t5$; and was the
...xea1n's_LuD rusher in 1961.
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Clay pipes from Fort Mose,
St. Augustine
Gracia Real de Santa
Teresa de Mose, two miles
north of St. Augustine off
Highway AIA. In 1693, King
Charles II of Spain decreed
runaway slaves were to be
given sanctuary in his
colonies. Black fugitives from
British Georgia made their
way south and fought so
bravely against a retaliatory
attack on St. Augustine by
the British in 1728 that the
governor abolished the slave
market and freed any remain-
ing soldiers who were slaves.
Ten years later, Governor
Montiano established Fort
Mose for the black runaways.
The fort and village were
abandoned in 1763. The site
has undergone archaeological
research but currently has no
exhibits or facilities. A
traveling exhibit about Fort
Mose is operated by the
Florida Museum of Natural
St. James A.M.E. Church, Sanford
History. Call Darcie MacMa-
hon, (904) 392-1721.
Lincolnville Historic
District, NR, bounded by
Cedar, Riberia, Cerro, and
Washington Streets and
DeSoto Place. In 1866,
former black slaves began
settling a three block area in
St. Augustine at first known
as "Africa" but later renamed
Lincolnville. By 1885,
Lincolnville was a growing
black business and residential
community. Lincolnville has
the greatest concentration of
late nineteenth century
architecture in the city.
St. Mary's Missionary
Baptist Church, 69 Wash-
ington Street. Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., on June 9,
1964, told 300 supporters
here he would participate in a
sit-in at a motel restaurant
the next day, anticipating
correctly that he would be
jailed. Segregation practices
in St. Augustine drew
national coverage when
police arrested and jailed the
72 -year-old mother of the
governor of Massachusetts as
a demonstrator. The protests
in St. Augustine, called
"America's oldest segregated
city ", were a major factor in
propelling Congress to pass
the Civil Rights Act on June
20, 1964. This Italian Gothic
style church was constructed
in 1920.
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church,
85 Martin Luther King
Avenue. This 1910 Gothic
Revival church served as an
assembly point for blacks
demonstrating against
segregated beaches, lunch
counters and other facilities
in 1964. The kitchen fed
hundreds of volunteers who
came from other states.
Baseball great Jackie Robin-
son addressed a crowd of 600
here, urging them on in a
determined, peaceful struggle.
Cary A. White, Sr. Com-
plex, Florida School for the
Deaf and the Blind, 207 N.
San Marco Avenue. This
classroom and dormitory area
is dedicated to the memory of
the first black deaf graduate
of the Florida School for the
Deaf and the Blind who
worked at the school for 46
years. Mr. White was an
assistant in the dorm where
Ray Charles lived while he
was a student.
Sanford
Seminole County
Hopper Academy, 1111
South Pine Avenue. This
Frame Vernacular two-story
"T" -shaped building was built
between 1900-1910 and
served as Sanford High
School (Colored). It was one
of the few early black high
schools in Florida. There are
plans to develop this facility
into an educational and
community service center.
John M. Hurston House,
621 East 6th Street. (Private
residence.) The Rev. John
Hurston was the father of
noted author/anthropologist
Zora Neale Hurston as well as
a forceful preacher and
effective pastor. Rev. Hurston
and his wife Mattie lived in
this Second Empire style
residence.
St. James A.M.E. Church,
NR, 819 Cypress Avenue.
Organized in 1867, the
church purchased the land on
the corner of East 9th Street
and South Cypress Avenue in
1880. The current structure is
a red brick English Gothic
Revival Style building with
four matching stained-glass
windows, constructed in
4913, and is an excellent
example: of,the work of black
-architect Prince W. Spears.
Sanibel Island
Lee County
Schoolhouse Gallery, 520
Tarpon Bay Road. This
Baptist Church built in 1909
,
-1910, was established as the
Submitted into the pUbliconly school for the black
record in connection withchildren of the Island in
Rem Jb -,-0 on G_1 _dl 1927, and was so used until
i.\A/nNei Cnnm-n1963, when Sanibel Elemen-
City ClerW
Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson
1930 -
Singer, composer
A Georgia native, this
singer, arranger, compos-
er, and band leader grew
up in Greenville, Florida,
and began playing piano
at seven years of age
while attending the
Florida School for the
Deaf and the Blind in St.
Augustine. He began
touring with dance bands
at age fifteen. Charles
recorded his first major
hit, "I Got a Woman", in
1954. He was inducted
into the Florida Artists Hall
of Fame in 1992.
The world-class singer
started his career in
Jacksonville as a young-
ster, playing side -man to
the jazz musicians congre-
gating around the old
Wynn Hotel on Ashley
Street and other nearby
nightspots. "Lots of days, I
was hungry, no place to
stay, and even when you
work, you might not get
paid," Charles recalled.
He laughs at those hard
times and tells youngsters,
"You gotta' believe."
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tary, the first integrated
school in Lee County, was
built. It is currently a gallery
featuring a diversified
collection of fine art.
Sarasota
Sarasota County
Booker Schools, Historical
Marker, Orange Avenue at
35th Street. Named for black
educator Emma E. Booker,
who began teaching black
children in 1910 and rose to
become principal of Sarasota
Grammar School in 1918.
She attended college during
summers for two decades
Gibbs Cottage, Tallahassee
in order to earn her bache-
lor's degree.
First Black Community,
Historical Marker, Central
Avenue between 5th and 6th
Streets. Lewis Colson, the first
black settler, helped survey the
Town of Sarasota in 1886 and
began what would become a
prosperous black residential
and business district.
Sumatra
Franklin County
Fort Gadsden State Histor-
ic Site, NR, six miles
southwest of Sumatra, off
22�K "Walter oe
Li Hall
State Road 65. The so-called
Negro Fort, located on the
lower Apalachicola River,
was built and provisioned by
the British and manned by
black and Indian forces under
a black commandant named
Garcia. The fort was attacked
by American forces on June
27, 1816. A round of hot shot
hit the magazine of the fort
causing a huge explosion and
killing some 270 of the 320
defenders. Open 8 am -sunset,
year-round.
Call (904) 670-8988.
Tallahassee
Leon County
Black Archives Research
Center and Museum,
Carnegie Library Building,
NR, Florida A&M Universi-
ty. The two-story, columned,
brick veneer building built in
1907 is the oldest building on
campus. The center has more
than 100,000 visitors annual-
ly who come to see the vast
collection, which includes
slave irons, tribal masks and
ancient art demonstrating the
cultural maturity of African
kingdoms.
Open 9 am -4 pm, M -F.
First Presbyterian Church,
NR, 102 N. Adams Street.
Built in 1838, this is the only
church still standing in town
from territorial days. The
Classic Revival style building
with Gothic doors and
windows is prominent in
downtown Tallahassee. The
north gallery was set aside for
slaves who sat apart from
their masters, but were
allowed membership.
Florida Agricultural and
Mechanical University,
South Adams Street. This is
the oldest historically black
First Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee
Balcony for slaves (below)
university in Florida, estab-
lished in 1887 as the Florida
State Normal and Industrial
School for Negroes. The first
president, Thomas DeSaille
Tucker, was born in Sierra
Leone and graduated from
Oberlin College in 1886. He
practiced law in Pensacola
before coming to Tallahassee
in 1887. Today, twelve
schools and colleges make
up the international, multira-
cial university.
Gibbs Cottage, South
Adams Street. Gibbs Cottage,
constructed in 1894, was the
home of Thomas Van
Renssalaer Gibbs, member of
the Florida Legislature who,
in 1887, introduced the bill
which resulted in the
founding of the Florida State
Normal and Industrial School
for Negroes, now Florida
A&M University.
Knott House, 301 East Park
Avenue. Union General
Edward M. McCook entered
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee
Tallahassee on May 10, 1865
with orders to accept the
surrender of the capital. He
made his headquarters at the
C. K. Steele Memorial, Tallahassee
Knott House, then owned by
Thomas and Catherine
Hagner. On May 20th, on the
steps of the house, McCook
issued a general order:
President Lincoln's Emanci-
pation Proclamation. The
home was remodelled in the
1920s, the alterations
inspired by the Georgian
Revival style. The Knott
House is now operated as a
house museum, with empha-
sis on the Knott family and
the Depression years.
John G. Riley House, NR,
419 West Jefferson Street.
John Gilmore Riley was a
black educator and civic
leader in Tallahassee in the
late 19th and early 20th
centuries. He became the first
principal of Lincoln Acade-
my, the first high school for
blacks in Leon County. The
Frame Vernacular house
which he built in the 1890s
was his home until his death
in 1954.
St. James C.M.E. Church,
104 N. Bronough Street.
(Private offices.) The present
Gothic Revival structure was
constructed in 1899 on land
purchased by black members
of the Trinity Methodist
Episcopal Church who
formed a separate organiza-
tion known as the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church.
There were at least two
earlier structures on the site.
It is believed that one of
these functioned as a hospital
for wounded soldiers from the
Civil War Battle of Olustee
and served as a school for
black children during
Reconstruction. The building
is the oldest black church
structure still standing in
Tallahassee.
C. K. Steele Memorial, 111
West Tennessee Street. A
statue and marker commemo-
rate the work of the Rev.
Charles Kenzie Steele, one of
Florida's outstanding civil
rights leaders.
Charles Kenzie Steele
1914-1980
Civil rights leader
The Reverend Charles
Kenzie Steele was pastor
of the Bethel Baptist
Church in Tallahassee and
marched with Martin
Luther King, Jr., in the civil
rights movement of the
50s and 60s. He orga-
nized the Tallahassee bus
boycott by setting up a
station wagon pool for
black patrons, eventually
ending segregated
seating. "I'd rather walk
in dignity than ride in
humiliation," Steele
proclaimed. Fittingly, the
new Tallahassee city bus
terminal bears his name
and displays a statue of
this frail, but determined
minister.
%JUU1111Ltea into the public
record in connection with
Union Bank Building, NR, bm . `oh
on the corner of Apalachee,'.,it k � H%8ft@f br. FOelilBn
Parkway and Calhoun St sY,: _
Museum of African American Art, Tampa
one block from the Old
Capitol. The Union Bank,
chartered in 1833, played a
major role as a planters' bank
in the territorial period of
Florida history. Constructed
in 1841 and displaying
elements of Federal and
Greek Revival architecture,
the building has housed a
wide variety of business and
cultural interests including
the National Freedman's
Bank for newly emancipated
slaves during Reconstruction.
Open 10 am -1 pm, Tu -F; 1
pm -4 pm, weekends.
Call (904) 487-3803.
Tampa
Hillsborough County
La Union Marti-Maceo,
1226 E. 7th Avenue. Located
in the Ybor City National
Historic1,;pndMrk*)i
this buildirie serves (afro-.,fV#
CubaF, 401p�other
the Marti-Maceo mutual aid
society has provided social
and self-help activities for the
black Cubans in Ybor City,
who confronted both racial
and nativist discrimination.
Although black and white
cigarmakers were initially
part of the same mutual aid
society, Florida laws against
integrated social clubs required
them to split in 1900.
Museum of African American Art,
Tampa
Museum of African
American Art, 1308 Marion
Street. The Barnett/Aden
Collection is America's
foremost collection of
African American art
depicting the history, culture
and lifestyle of blacks in
America. This is the oldest
collection of African Ameri-
can art in the U.S., with one
piece dating from 1851.
Open 10 am -4:30 pm, Tu-Sa;
1 pm -4:30 pm, Su
(except holidays).
St. Paul A.M.E. Church,
506 East Harrison Street. A
brick vernacular building
with Gothic and Romanesque
detailing constructed be-
tween 1906 and 1917, the
church has played an impor-
tant role in the social,
political and cultural events
of the community. During the
1950s and 1960s, black
leaders of the civil rights
movement met at the church
Cuba n pantsh clubs. to organize their Freedom o tho public
§,uti s founding in 1904, Marches and "sit-ins" to ree;ord in COrttleCHpn WI
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Walter Foeman
protest segregated restaurant
facilities in downtown Tampa.
St. Peter Claver School,
1401 Governor Street. St.
Peter Claver is the oldest
black school, public or
private, still functioning in
Hillsborough County.
Opened on February 2, 1894,
it was destroyed by arson ten
days later. Rebuilt and
reopened, the school resumed
classes under two Sisters of
the Holy Names. Within
seven years, it was turning
out black graduates capable of
becoming certified teachers.
In 1916, Governor Trammell
issued a warrant for the arrest
of three Sisters at another
black school, accusing them,
as whites teaching black
students, of violating an 1895
Florida law. Since St. Peter
Claver School could be
accused of violating the same
law, a decision was made to
close the school. The law was
later declared unconstitution-
al, and the school reopened.
Vernon
Washington County
Moss Hill United Method-
ist Church, NR, three miles
southeast of Vernon, off
Vernon -Greenhead Road.
Built in 1857 by church
members and their slaves,
this simple, weathered,
woodframe church is the
oldest unaltered building in
Washington County. Many
of the planks still bear the
hand or fingerprints of the
workers, and the barefooted
imprints of children may be
seen on the ceiling planks.
The building is one of the
nation's best examples of
frontier church architecture.
Submitted into
Moss Hill United Methodist Chuch, Vernon
West Palm
Beach
Palm Beach County
Gwen Cherry House,
corner of 6th Street and
Division Avenue. This
Masonry Vernacular structure
served as the home of Gwen
Cherry, the first black woman
elected to the Florida
Legislature. The residence is
being renovated as museum
space for the Black Historical
Preservation Society of Palm
Beach County.
The Mickens House, NR,
801 Fourth Street. (Private
Residence.) The house was
built in 1917 by Halen
Mickens, who operated the
wicker carriage concession at
Colonel Bradley's casino. His
widow, Alice Frederick
Mickens, rose to national
prominence in promoting
higher education for blacks.
She was.chosen "Outstanding
Woman,.of the Century" at
the American Negro Emanci-
pation Convention in 1963.
She entertained such black
notables as Dr. Ralph
Bunche, Mary McLeod
Bethune, and A. Philip
Randolph at the home.
Northwest Neighborhood
Historic District, NR,
bounded by N.W. 2nd and
11th Streets, North Rosemary
and Douglas Avenues. Most
Florida Folklife Festival, White Springs
of the buildings were con-
structed by local black
builders and contractors such
as Simeon Mather, R. A.
Smith, J. S. Woodside, Alfred
Williams and Samuel O.
Major. A few buildings,
notably churches, were
designed by local architects
such as West Palm Beach's
first black architect, Hazel
Augustus, and the firm of
Harvey and Clarke. The first
blacks arrived in the area
between 1885 and 1890,
when the black residents of
the area in Palm Beach
known as the "Styx" were
forced to relocate to the
northwest section of the city.
This district is the only
remaining portion of the
original black settlement.
Tabernacle Baptist
Church, 801 Eighth Street.
This church was founded in
1893 as Mount Olive Baptist
Church. The first public
school for blacks in West
Palm Beach was organized in
1894 and held classes in the
church through 1896. The
Neo -Romanesque Revival
style structure, the sole
example of this style in the
Northwest Historic District,
was built in 1925.
White Springs
Hamilton County
Stephen Foster State Folk
Culture Center, U.S.
Highway 41 North, 3 miles
east of I-75. This memorial to
composer Stephen Foster is
located on the banks of the
Suwannee River, with
animated dioramas, carillon
concerts, and displays of
Florida folklife. Black
craftsmen participate in the
annual folk festival demon-
strating artisanship of
another century and offering
gospel and blues musical
programs. Park open
8 am -sunset; buildings open
9 am- 5 pm.
Call (904) 397-2733.
Submittau iiiw
r@WM In connection WI.
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WOW Foeman
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African
American
Festivals and
Events
January
Belle Glade—Muckstepper's
Reunion
407 996-2161
Clearwater—Martin Luther
King, Jr. Commemorative
Breakfast, March and Rally,
King Center and Coachman
Park
813 462-4880
Eatonville—Zora Neale
Hurston Festival of the Arts
and Humanities, Kennedy
Boulevard and College
Avenue
407647-3307
Lake Wales—Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day, Bok Tower
Gardens
813 676-1408
Miami—Martin Luther King,
Jr. Parade and Festival,
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Boulevard
305261-8385
Dizzy Gillespie,
Jacksonville Jazz Festival
Ocala/other locations in
Marion County—Year of
Jubilee Celebration, Various
churches
904 351-0824
St. Petersburg—Martin
Luther King, Jr. Birthday in
St. Petersburg; Southern
Christian Leadership Confer
ence Drum Major for Justice
Parade; Festival of Bands
813 541-8178,327-0085
Tampa—Martin Luther
King, Jr. Festival, Martin
Luther King, Jr. Recreation
Complex
813 223-8615
February
Crestview—Florida-
Alabama Progressive Seven -
Shape Note Singing
Convention Quarterly
Meeting, Convention Center
904 834-2713
Fort Lauderdale—Sistrunk
Historical Festival, Sistrunk
Boulevard
305 765-4663
Lake City and Olustee
Battlefield State Historic
Site—Olustee Battle Festival
and Battle Re-enactment
904 758-1355
Ocala—Soul Food Festival,
Central Florida Community
College Submitted
904 237-2111 fd 1
Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Eatonville
Stuart—Martin County
Black Heritage Festival, East
10th Street Recreation
Center
407 283-6349
Tallahassee—Harambee
Festival, Tallahassee -Leon
County Civic Center
904 559-3155
March
Winter Park—Africana
Fest, Rollins College
407 646-1586
April
Green Cove Springs—
Augusta F. Savage Cultural
Arts Festival, Spring Park
May
Clewiston—Brown Sugar
Festival
813 983-9134
Crestview—Carver-H ill
Memorial Day Festival,
Carver Hill Memorial
Museum, Fairview Park
904 682-3494
Florida -Alabama Progressive
Seven -Shape Note Singing
Convention Quarterly
Meeting, Convention Center
904 834-2713
Gainesville—Fifth Avenue
Arts Festival, Fifth Avenue
904 372-0216,491-1364
Greenville—May 20th
Emancipation Day Celebra-
904 264-5801 tion
Miami—Dade Heritage Days " 604' 948-2071
305 358-9572 Orlando West Indian -
into the public American -Carnival Celebra-
n etion With tion (Mardi Gras), Central
reco n con e
iicerrl �, 6•A _� G Florida Fairgrounds
Waiter Foeman
26 � 1 �.� � � City Clerk
407 298-0612, 298-2717
St. Petersburg—Celebration
of Movement, Pinellas
County Center for the Arts
813 327-1907, Ext. 277
White Springs—Florida Folk
Festival, Stephen Foster State
Folk Culture Center
904 397-2192
June
Miami—Bahamas Goombay
Festival, Coconut Grove
305 445-8292
July
Delray Beach—Roots
Cultural Festival, Pompey
Park
407 243-7556
Ocala—African American
Artsfest, Webb Stadium
Complex
904 629-1644
West Palm Beach—Festival
of Afro Arts, Gaines Park
407 659-8099
August
Campbellton—Bethel
Community Sacred Harp
Sing, Bethel C.M.E. Church
904 263-4159
Crestview—Carver-Hill
Evening in Black Culture,
Carver -Hill Memorial
Museum, Fairview Park
904 682-3494
Florida -Alabama Progressive
Seven -Shape Note Singing
Convention Quarterly
Meeting, Convention Center
904 834-2713
Delray Beach—Roots
Cultural Festival, Pompey
Park
407 243-7356
Submitted into the public
record In connection with
nem oni - lf"ai
Walter Foeman
City Clerk
Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, Eatonville
September
Miami Lakes—Miami Lakes
Taste of Jazz, Main Street
305 821-1130, Ext. 206
October
Clearwater—Clearwater Jazz
Holiday, Coachman Park
813 734-0140,462-6360
Fort Lauderdale—African
Heritage Festival, Jamaican
Domino Club
305 938-7383
Hollywood—Hollywood Jazz
Festival, Young Circle Park
Lincolnville Festival, St. Augustine
305 921-3404
Jacksonville—Jacksonville
Jazz Festival
904 353-7770
Key West—Goombay
Festival, Bahama Village
305 294-9501
Miami—Florida A&M
University Orange Blossom
Football Classic, Orange
Bowl Stadium
904 599-3200
Tampa—Grito de Yara Day,
Sociedad la Union Marti-
Maceo, Ybor City
813 223-6188
November
Crestview—Florida-
Alabama Progressive Seven -
Shape Note Singing
Convention Quarterly
Meeting, Convention Center
904 834-2713
Miami—Sun Street Festival,
7th Avenue
305 756-8702
Saint Augustine— Lincoln-
ville Festival, Willie Galli-
more Recreational Facility
904 829-8379
Tampa—Bethune-Cookman
College and Florida A&M
University, Florida Football
Classic, Tampa Stadium
904 599-3200
December
Orlando—Kwanzaa Celebra-
tion, The Callahan Neigh-
borhood Center
407 246-2305
Tampa—Antonio Maceo
Day, Sociedad la Union
Marti-Maceo, Ybor City
a13 223-6188
27
Black
Heritage
Trail Sites
1 . American Beach, p. 4
2. Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church,
p. 4
3. New Providence Missionary
Baptist Church, p. 4
4. Brown Home, p. 4
5. Manatee Family Heritage
House, p. 4
6. Dade Battlefield State
Historic Site, p. 4
7. Roulhoc Middle School,
p. 4
8. Dorothy Thompson African
American Museum, p. 4
9. Brown House, p. 5
10, Cleveland Steam Marine
Ways, p. 5
1 1.
Harry T. Moore Center, p. 5
12.
Malissa Moore Home, p. 5
13.
Mt. Moriah A.M.E. Church,
63.
p. 5
14.
Richard E. Stone Historic
34.
District, p. 5
15.
Black Heritage Museum,
84.
p. 5
16.
Charles Avenue Historic
58.
District, p. 5
17.
Coconut Grove Cemetery,
68.
p. 6
18.
Macedonia Baptist Church,
38.
p. 6
19.
Stirrup House, p. 6
20.
MacFarlane Homestead
40.
Subdivision Historic District,
50.
p. 6
21. Carver -Hill Memorial
Museum, p. 6
22. Mary McLeod Bethune
House, p. 6
23. Bethune-Cookman College,
p. 6
24. Museum of Arts and
27. Bradley Hall -Safe Home
Orphanage, p. 7
28. Old Deland Colored
Hospital, p. 7
29. J.W. Wright Building, p. 7
30. Yemassee Settlement, p. 8
31 .
B.F. James & Frances Jane
62.
Bright Mini -Park, p. 8
32.
Second Bethel Baptist
63.
Church, p. 8
33.
Eatonville, p. 8
34.
Frasier Cemetery, p. 8
35.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church,
84.
P. 9
36.
Old Dillard High School,
58.
P. 9
37.
Dr. James F. Sistrunk
68.
Boulevard Historical
47.
Marker, p. 9
38.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
48.
School, p. 9
39.
McCullum Hall, p. 9
40.
Etta Powell Home, p. 9
41.
Zora Neale Hurston House,
62.
P. 9
42.
Mt. Pleasant A.M.E.
63.
Church, p. 9
43.
Pleasant Street Historic
55.
District, p. 10
44.
Josiah Walls Historical
84.
Marker, p. 10
45.
Bethune Neighborhood
58.
Center, p. 10
46.
Bethel Baptist Institutional
68.
Church, p. 10
47.
Catherine Street Fire
69.
Station #3, p. 10
48.
Centennial Hall, p. 10
49.
Kingsley Plantation State
70.
Historic Site, p. 10
50.
Masonic Temple Building,
P. 1 1
52.
Mount Zion A.M.E. Church,
62.
p. 12
53.
Old Brewster Hospital,
63.
p. 12
54.
Ritz Theater, p. 12
55.
Stanton High School, p. 12
56.
Edward Waters College,
84.
p. 12
57.
Clara White Mission, p. 13
58.
Bahama Village, p. 13
59.
Cornish Memorial A.M.E.
68.
Zion Church, p. 13
60.
Nelson English Park, p. 13
61.
Bethel A.M.E. Church, p. 13
62.
Florida Sports Hall of Fame,
p. 13
63.
African Missionary Baptist
94.
Church, p. 14
64.
Adderly House, p. 14
65.
Pigeon Key Historic District,
84.
p. 14
66.
Joseph W. Russ, Jr. House,
85.
p. 14
67.
Wright Brothers House, p. 14
68.
Bill Boggs Cape Florida State
Recreation Area, p. 14
69.
Black Archives, History and
88.
Research Foundation of
89.
South Florida, p. 15
70.
Chapman House, p. 15
71. Greater Bethel A.M.E.
Church, p. 15
72. Florida Memorial College,
p. 15
73. Lincoln Memorial Park, p. 15
I% x
80. Bethune-Volusia Beach ,
p. 16
81.
Old Sacred Heart/St. Rita
92.
(Colored) Mission Church,
p. 16
82.
Fessenden Elementary
94.
School, p. 17
83.
Howard Academy Commu-
95.
nity Center, p. 17
84.
Mount Zion A.M.E. Church,
97.
p. 17
85.
Olustee Battlefield State
Historic Site, p. 17
86.
Opa-locka Thematic
Development, p. 17
87.
Harry Hurt Building, p. 17
88.
Opa-locka City Hall, p. 17
89.
Opa-locka Railroad Station,
p. 18
90.
Callahan Neighborhood,
P. 18
91.
J.A. Colyer Building, p. 18
92.
Dr. I.S. Hankins House,
P. 18
93.
Old Ebenezer Church, p. 18
94.
Old Mount Pleasant Baptist
Church, p. 18
95.
The Riley Building, p. 18
96.
Bethel A.M.E. Church, p. 18
97.
Finley Homestead, p. 18
98.
Old Central Academy High
School, p. 18
99.
Daniel "Chappie" James'
Birthplace, p. 18
100.
Julee Cottage Museum, p. 19
74. Lyric Theatre, p. 15
75. Overtown Neighborhood,
p. 16 101. Mount Zion Baptist Church,
76. St. John's Baptist Church, P. 19
p. 16 102. Saint Michael's Creole
77. The Vanguard -Miami's Benevolent Association Hall,
Forerunners of Human P. 19
Sciences, p. 7 Progress, p. 16 103. Painting entitled "Cypress
25. Jackie Robinson Memorial 78. Booker T. Washington High Logging", p. 19
Ball Park,Submitted Into fi empvtRz�ve A.M.E. School, p. 16 104. Baker Elementary School,
26. Howard ��r�mman fAe 'connection -, 12 79. Mount Pilgrim African P. 19
P. 7 fQ I Baptist Church, p. 16
Rem On
tag '120 Walter Foeman
City Clerk
105. Arnett Chapel A.M.E. '
Church, p. 20
106. Hardon Building, p. 20
107. Masonic Lodge, p. 20
108. William S. Stevens Hospital,
p. 20
109. Butler Beach, p. 20
110. Willie Galimore Community
Center, p. 20
1 1 1 .
Gracia Real de Santa
132.
Teresa de Mose, p. 20
112.
Lincolnville Historic District,
133.
p. 21
113.
St. Mary's Missionary
134.
Baptist Church, p. 21
114.
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church,
135.
p. 21
115.
Cary A. White, Sr. Complex,
136.
p. 21
116
Ho er Academ 21
Jacksonville
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X17
1 19. Schoolhouse Gallery, p. 21
120. Booker Schools Historical
Marker, p. 22
121.
First Black Community
132.
Historical Marker, p. 22
122.
Fort Gadsden State Historic
133.
Site, p. 22
123.
Black Archives Research
134.
Center and Museum, p. 22
124.
First Presbyterian Church, p.
135.
22
125.
Florida Agricultural and
136.
Mechanical University, p.
22
126.
Gibbs Cottage, p. 22
127.
Knott House, p. 22
128.
John G. Riley House, p. 23
129.
St. James C.M.E. Church, p.
140.
23
130.
C.K. Steele Memorial, p. 23
131.
Union Bank Building, p. 23
132.
la Union Marti-Maceo,
p. 24
133.
Museum of African
American Art, p. 24
134.
St. Paul A.M.E. Church,
p. 24
135.
St. Peter Clover School,
p. 24
136.
Moss Hill United Methodist
Church, p. 24
137.
Gwen Cherry House, p. 25
138.
The Mickens House, p. 25
139.
Northwest Neighborhood
Historic District, p. 25
140.
Tabernacle Baptist Church,
p. 25
141.
Stephen Foster State Folk
Culture Center, p. 25
Festivals
i
117. John M. Hurston House, p. 21 Submitted into the p�1MR
formation concerning
118. St. James A.M.E. Church, record In connection witf festivals and special events,
p. 21 Itefn -f.,¢ an G . 1.41- psee pages 26-27.
ftltei
Jackie Robinson Memorial,
Daytona Beach
Florida Black
Heritage
Trail Tours
The Struggle for
Freedom and
Justice 3 Days
Tallahassee
Knott House Museum
C.K. Steele Plaza
Union Bank Building
104 miles to Lake City
Lake City
Olustee Battlefield (vicinity of Lake
City)
91 miles to St. Augustine
St. Augustine
St. Mary's Missionary Baptist
Church
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church
53 miles to Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach
Jackie Robinson Baseball Park
Howard Thurman Home
65 miles to Cocoa
Cocoa
Harry T. Moore Center
122 miles to Tampa
Tampa
St. Paul A.M.E. Church
St. Peter Clover School
Submitted into the pub"
record In connection with
item ?--5-- on
Waiter Foemar,
City Clerk
30
■ Museums of Art
and History
5 Days
Day 1 Pensacola
Julee Cottage
191 miles to Tallahassee
Tallahassee
Black Archives (Florida A and M
University)
104 miles to Lake City
Day 2 Lake City
Florida Sports Hall of Fame
60 miles to facksonville
Jacksonville
Catherine Street Fire Station
(Jacksonville Fire Museum)
80 miles to Daytona Beach
Day 3 Daytona Beach
Bethune House (Bethune-Cookman
College)
Museum of Arts and Sciences
139 miles to Tampa
Day 4 Tampa
Museum of African-American Art
4 1 miles to Bradenton
Bradenton
Family Heritage House
21 1 miles to Ft. Lauderdale
Day 5 Ft. Lauderdale
Old Dillard School
25 miles to Miami
Miami Vicinity
Black Archives, History and
Research Foundation of
South Florida (Joseph Caleb
Community Center, Miami)
The Vanguard (Historical Museum
of South Florida, Miami)
Black Heritage Museum (Coconut
Grove)
■ Historic Black
Settlements and
Early Communities
6 Days
Day 1 Sumatra
Fort Gadsden
205 miles to Gainesville
Gainesville
Pleasant Street Historic District
Mt. Pleasant A.M.E. Church
98 miles to Ft. George Island
Day 2 Ft. George Island
Kingsley Plantation
68 miles to St. Augustine
St. Augustine
Lincolnville Historic District
St. Mary's Missionary Baptist
Church
St. Paul's A.M.E. Church
Ft. Mose
64 miles to DeLand
Day 3 Deland
Yemassee Settlement
Greater Union Baptist Church
28 miles to Eatonville
Eatonville
Zora Neale Hurston Memorial
5 miles to Orlando
Orlando
Callahan Neighborhood
Old Ebenezer Church
Old Mount Pleasant Baptist
Church
46 miles to Cocoa
Day 4 Cocoa
P& ,
Day 6 Key West
Bahama Village
Cornish Memorial A.M.E. Zion
Church
■ Higher Learning
Tour 3 Days
Day 1 Tallahassee
Florida A and M University
163 miles to Jacksonville
Day 2 Jacksonville
Edward Waters College
Overtown (Miami)
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
St. John's Baptist Church
Charles Avenue Historic District
(Coconut Grove)
Coconut Grove Cemetery
Macedonia Baptist Church
MacFarlane Homestead Subdivi-
sion (Coral Gables)
St. Mary's Baptist Church
109 miles to Key West
Fort George Island
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Daytona Beach
Key West
Submitted into the public
record in connection with
item,2-S-A on 4 -AV-01
Walter Foeman
City Cleric
31
96 miles to Daytona Beach
Richard E. Stone District
Mount Moriah A.M.E. Church
Daytona Beach
124 miles to West Palm Beach
Bethune-Cookman College
257 miles to Miami
West Palm Beach
Northwest Neighborhood Historic
Day 3 Miami
District
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Florida Memorial College
68 miles to Miami
Day 5 Miami Vicinity
Overtown (Miami)
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
St. John's Baptist Church
Charles Avenue Historic District
(Coconut Grove)
Coconut Grove Cemetery
Macedonia Baptist Church
MacFarlane Homestead Subdivi-
sion (Coral Gables)
St. Mary's Baptist Church
109 miles to Key West
Fort George Island
Jacksonville
St. Augustine
Daytona Beach
Key West
Submitted into the public
record in connection with
item,2-S-A on 4 -AV-01
Walter Foeman
City Cleric
31
Black Fff*StsM* Florida
Judiciary:
Joseph W. Hatchett,
Judge, U.S. Court of
Appeals, 1 1 th Circuit,
appointed by President
Jimmy Carter. First black
since Reconstruction to
serve on Florida's
Supreme Court (1975-
79). First black elected
to remain on the court;
first black elected to
public office in a
statewide election in
the South.
Leander J. Shaw Jr.,
appointed to Florida
Supreme Courtin 1983,
retained by statewide
vote. First black judge to
become Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court, for
a two-year term
(1990-92).
Lawson E. Thomas,
Judge, Miami Police
Court, 1950, first black
judge in the South since
Reconstruction.
Melvia Green, Dade
County Circuit Judge,
1989, first black
woman circuit judge.
Leah Aleice Simms,
Dade County Judge, first
black woman judge in
Florida, appointed by
Governor Bob Graham
in 1981.
Legislative:
Joe Lang Kershaw, a
civics teacher, first black
since Reconstruction
elected to the Florida
Legislature. Served as a
Democratic House mem-
ber from Dade County
for 14 years (1968-
1982). His most famous
issue was "Axe the Cane
Pole Tax," which suc-
ceeded in reversing a
state tax on cane pole
fishing, a popular form
of black recreation and
food supply.
Joe Lang Kershaw
Gwen Sawyer Cherry,
Miami Democrat, first
black woman ever to
serve in the Florida
House of Representa-
tives, elected in 1970. A
Florida A&M cum laude
graduate in law, she
was killed in a car
accident in 1979 in
Tallahassee.
Carrie P. Meek, Miami
Democrat, first black
woman ever elected to
the Florida Senate and
the first black to serve
since Reconstruction. She
was elected in 1979 to
succeed Mrs. Cherry. A
former track star at
Florida A&M, Sen. Meek
is noted for her humani-
tarian causes.
Dr.Arnett E. Girardeau,
a dentist and Jackson-
ville Democrat, was the
first black male elected
to the Florida Senate in
1982. He defeated three
whites and another black
in winning his first term
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs
Executive:
Jonathan Clarkson
Gibbs (1827-1879),
first black to serve on
the Florida Cabinet
when he was chosen as
Secretary of State in
1 868 by Governor
Harrison Reed. As
superintendent of public
instruction in 1873, he
established the state's first
public school system.
Submitted into tNe p4jblle
record in connection with
item D'S -A on -4,Av- 61
Waiter Foeman
City Clerk
Credits
Cover design by
Bill Celander,
Museum of Florida History
Publication design by
Lynn Rogers,
Museum of Florida History
Written and edited by Gary
Goodwin and Suzanne
Walker, Bureau of Historic
Preservation, with volun-
teer editorial assistance
from Jim Walker.
Cover Photographs:
Left Side, top to bottom—
Black Archives Research Center
and Museum, Florida A&M
University, photograph by Roy
Lett, Florida Department of
State.
Kingsley Plantation State Historic
Site, Fort George Island,
photograph by Roy Lett, Florida
Department of State.
Florida Folk Festival, White
Springs, photograph by Roy
Lett, Florida Department of
State.
Middle column, top to bottom—
St. James A.M.E. Church,
Sanford, photograph by James
Gaines, formerly the Florida
Department of Commerce.
Florida A&M University, Tallahas-
see, photograph by Roy Lett,
Florida Department of State.
Bahamas Goombay Festival,
Coconut Grove, photograph
courtesy of Miami/Bahamas
Goombay Festival Committee,
Inc.
Right Side, top to bottom—
Little Brown Girl portrait by Laura
Wheeler Waring, photograph
courtesy of the Museum of
African American Art, Tampa.
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State
Recreation Area, Miami,
photograph by Dave Ferro,
Florida Department of State.
Opa-locka City Hall, photograph
courtesy of Metro/Dade
County.
lulee Cottage Museum, Pensacola,
photograph by Roy Lett, Florida
Department of State.
Contributors to this publica-
tion include: Fredd Atkins,
former Mayor of Sarasota;
State Representative Cynthia
Chestnut, Gainesville; Dr.
Kathleen A. Deagan,
Gainesville; Professor James
N. Eaton, Sr., Tallahassee;
Dorothy Jenkins Fields,
Miami; Deborah Murphy,
Orlando; George W. Percy,
Tallahassee; Dr. Joseph E.
Taylor, Daytona Beach; and
Kathryn Wilson, Vero Beach.
We gratefully acknowledge
the support and guidance of
State Representative Alzo
Inside Photographs:
2 Photograph courtesy of Black
Archives Research Center and
Museum; drawing courtesy of
Museum of Florida History.
3 Drawing courtesy of Florida
Museum of Natural History;
postcard courtesy of Bureau of
Historic Preservation.
4 Photograph by James
Gaines, formerly the Florida
Department of Commerce.
5 Photograph of Harry T.
Moore courtesy of Stetson
Kennedy; photograph of Moore
Center by James Gaines,
formerly the Florida Department
of Commerce.
6 Photograph of Howard
Thurman courtesy of Bethune-
Cookman College; photograph
of Bethune House by Gary
Goodwin, Florida Department
of State.
7 Photograph of Mary McLeod
Bethune courtesy of Department
of State Photographic Collec-
tion, photograph of Bethune-
Cookman College by Roy Lett,
Florida Department of State.
8 Photograph of Zora Neale
Hurston courtesy of Department
of State Photographic Collection,
other photographs by James
Gaines, formerly the Florida
Department of Commerce.
9 Photographs by James
Gaines, Florida Department of
Commerce.
10 Photograph of Josiah T.
Walls courtesy of Department of
State Photographic Collection,
other photographs by Roy Lett,
Florida Department of State.
11 Photographs of Asa Philip
Reddick and former State
Representative Bill Clark
who took the lead in obtain-
ing legislative funding for this
publication. The project was
one of the results of the work
of the Study Commission on
African American History in
Florida, created in 1990 by
the Florida Legislature. The
legislation to create the
commission was sponsored in
the House of Representatives
by former State Representa-
tives Bill Clark, James C.
Burke and T. K. Wetherell. A
companion bill in the Senate
was sponsored by former State
Randolph and J. W. Johnson
courtesy of Department of State
Photographic Collection, other
photographs by Bob Self.
12 Photographs by Bob Self.
13 Photograph of Caribbean
House courtesy of City of Key
West, photograph of baseball
exhibit courtesy of the Florida
Sports Hall of Fame.
14 Photograph of Pigeon Key
courtesy of Monroe County
Board of County Commission-
ers, photograph of Russ Home
by Roy Lett, Florida Department
of State.
15 Photographs of Booker T.
Washington High School and
Greater Bethel A.M.E. Church
courtesy of Metro/Dade
County, photograph of
festival courtesy of Miami/
Bahamas Goombay Festival
Committee, Inc.
16 Photographs by Roy Lett,
Florida Department of State.
17 Photograph of Fessenden
Elementary School by Roy
Lett, Florida Department of
State, photograph of Opa-
locka City Hall courtesy of
Metro/Dade County.
18 Photograph of Colyer Building
by James Gaines, formerly the
Florida Department of Com-
merce, photograph of Bethel
A.M.E. Church by Roy Lett,
Florida Department of State.
19 Photograph of Daniel
"Cha ppie" James courtesy of
The Tallahassee Democrat,
other photographs by Roy Lett,
Florida Department of State.
20 Photograph of Arnett Chapel
by Roy Lett, Florida Department
of State, other photographs
Senator Tom McPherson.
Entire contents copyright
1994 by the Florida Division
of Historical Resources.
For ordering information,
please write:
Florida Black Heritage Trail
Florida Department of State
Division of Historical Resources
R. A. Gray Building
500 S. Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida
32399-0250
or call (904) 487-2344
courtesy of Florida Museum of
Natural History.
21Photograph of St. James
A.M.E. Church by James
Gaines, Florida Department of
Commerce, photograph of Ray
Charles by Joe Adams, courtesy
of Ray Charles Enterprises, Inc.
22 Photograph of Gibbs Cottage
by Roy Lett, Florida Department
of State, photographs of First
Presbyterian Church courtesy of
Historic Tallahassee Preserva-
tion Board.
23 Photograph of C. K. Steele
courtesy of The Tallahassee
Democrat, other photographs
by Roy Lett, Florida Department
of State.
24 Photographs courtesy of
Museum of African American Art.
25 Photographs by Roy Lett,
Florida Department of State.
26 Photograph of Dizzy
Gillespie courtesy of Florida
Department of Commerce,
photograph of woman at
festival by James Gaines,
formerly the Florida Department
of Commerce.
27 Photograph of hat display by
James Gaines, formerly the
Florida Department of Commerce,
photograph of family by Larry
Smith courtesy of Lincolnville
Festival Committee, Inc.
30 Photograph by Roy Lett,
Florida Department of State.
32 Photograph of Joe Lang
Kershaw by Donn Dughi,
photograph of Jonathan C.
Gibbs courtesy of Department
of State Photographic
Collection.
Submitted into the public
record in connection With
i a x Walter Foeman
rity ClPrIl
Florida Department of State
Sandra B. Mortham, Secretary of State
Florida Black Heritage Trail
Division of Historical Resources
R. A. Gray Building
500 South Bronough Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32.399-0250
(904) 487-2344
Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation
Post Office Box 1100
Tallahassee, Florida 32302-1100
For Visitor Information, Call (904) 487-1462
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MIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays
Miami, Miami -Dade County, Florida.
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE:
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
Sookie Williams, who on oath says that she is the Vice
President of Legal Advertising of the Miami Daily Business
Review Vk/a Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday
and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Miami.
Dade County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertise-
ment, being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of
CITY OF MIAMI
ORDINANCE "COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT", ETC.
in the ...... , ... XXXXX ....... Court,
was published in said newspaper in the Issues of
Jun 4, 2001
Affiant further says that the said Miami Daily Business
Review is a newspaper published at Miami in said Miami -
Dade County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has
heretofore been continuously published in said Miami -Dade
County, Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays) and has been entered as second class mail
matter at the post office in Miami In said Miami -Dade
County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the
first li tion of the attached copy of advertisement; and
atti t fu er says that she has neither paid nor promised
an pars , firm or corporation any discount, rebate, com-
ma so
n refund or the purpose of securing this advertise -
the sai newspaper,
worn to ands criber me this
4 June 2001
f�...� ,,..... A.D......,,,.,I
Sookie Williams personal) known to " V 1yK7 StAL
TANETT LLERENA
NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF FLORIDA
COMMISSION NO. CC 912958
MY COMMISSION EXP. JUNE 71')nne
CITYOF MIAMI;, FLORIDA-" "
(� ' T9OTICIE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCES
.Notice is hereby given that the City Commission of. the City of Miami,
Florida, will consider the following ordinances on secod and final reading
on June 14, 2001 commencing at 9:00 a.m.; in the City Commission
Chambers,, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, .Florida:;
` OBDIN
ANCE--NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI -M1 Y - COMMISSION AMENDING
CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OFTHE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, TO CREATE AND -ESTABLISH THE CITY.OF•MIAMI
DISTRICT FIVE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD
'("BOARD`'); SETTING FORTH`THE BOARD'S PURPOSE, POW-
ERS, AND DUTIES;. PROVIDING, FORTHE BOARD'S,"SUNSET,-"
MEMBERSHIP; TERMS OF OFFICE, VACANCIES, OFFICERS;
PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY, RULES OF PROCEDURE, MEET-
INGS, VOTING AND 'OUORUM, ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS,
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND COUNSEL; AND MORE PAR
'A
TICULARLY BYMENDING SECTIONS 2-887 AND 2-892,.,A,ND
ADDING NEW DIVISION 13,T0 SAID'CODE; AND CONTAINING A
REPEALER -PROVISION ANDA SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
ORDINANCE NO:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION.AMENDING
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF'MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, TO
CREATE A NEW CHAPTER ENTITLED "COMMUNITY REDEVEL-
OPMENT" AND CREATE AND ESTABLISH THE MODEL•CITY HO-
MEOWNERSHIP TRUST. (THE "TRUST"); DESIGNATE THE,
TRUST'S JURISDICTIONAL 'AUTHORITY; SET FORTH THE
TRUSTS PURPOSE, POWERS, AND DUTIES AND PROVIDEf OR
COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENTS, TERMS OF OFFICE,.VA- i
.CANCIES;-MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY AND: ATTENDANCE RE-.
(
QUIREMENTSOATH, .QUORUM.AND` VOTING, MEETINGS,, IN
+' DEMNIFICATION, ABOLISHMENT, AND PROVIDING.. -FOR
"SUNSET" REVIEW; MOREPARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SEC-
TION'2-892 AND ADDING,A NEW CHAPTERTO THE CODE; CON'
TAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE,
AND PROVIDING'FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING
FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY CODE.
Said proposed ordinances may be inspected by the' public at.the Office
of the City Clerk;,3500 .Pan, American Drive, .Miami, Florida, Monday
through Friday; excluding holidays,=between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5
P.m..
All interested`persons�may appear at the..<neeting and may be heard
with respect to the proposed ordinances. Should'any person desire to ap-
peal'anydecision of the City. Commission with. respect, to any matter to be
considered at this meeting, 'that person shall ensure that a verbatim
record -of, the proceedings is made, including all testimony and eviderice
upon which any appeal may be�based
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.,WALTER J..FOEMAN
ogtGVao CITY CLERK
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