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End Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

In Memoriam; Florida Historical Society Awards; The Florida Historical Society Archaeological Institute (FHSAI); Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society; "The Florida Historical Society Presents: Florida Frontiers": The Television Series; The Florida Historical Society 2017 Annual Meeting and Symposium; FHQ Website; Florida Historical Quarterly Podcasts; Florida Historical Quarterly Available on JSTOR; Florida Historical Quarterly on Facebook; Guidelines for Submissions to the Florida Historical Quarterly; Guidelines for e-FHQ Publication

The Rise And Fall Of Copa City, 1944-1957: Nightclubs And The Evolution Of Miami Beach, Keith D. Revell

Florida Historical Quarterly

On December 23, 1948, Copa City, the world's greatest nightclub, opened on Miami Beach. Nothing like it had ever been seen before. No gaudy neon sign announced its presence, quite unlike the other clubs that crowded the area. Instead, the building itself was an icon: a dramatic, sweeping, curved structure, conceived by the renowned industrial and set designer, Norman Bel Geddes, at the behest of Copa City's young impresario, Murray Weinger, a transplanted New Yorker who had cut his teeth managing nightclubs on Coney Island. Weinger intended Copa City as more than a stage for big-name entertainers and spectacular floor …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Jennings ed., The Rower Hunter and the People: William Bartram in the Native American Southeast. by Thomas Hallock; May, Slavery, Race and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America. by Brian Loveman; Gleason and Lewis, The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War. by Evan C. Rothera; Rucker, Mine Eyes Have Seen: Firsthand Reminiscences of the Civil War in West Florida. by Mark C. Curenton; Prince, Stories of the South: Race and the Reconstruction of Southern Identity, 1865-1915. by Edward O. Frantz; Epperson, Roads through the Everglades: The Building of …

Early Motoring In Florida: Making Car Culture And Race In The New South, Fon L. Gordon

Florida Historical Quarterly

At the turn of the twentieth century the emergence of the American romance and religion of the motorcar arose within an historic context that included the World's Fairs between 1876 and 1916. The World's Fairs reified the twin ethos of technology and racial imperatives of exclusivity in the form of Jim Crow segregation and exclusion at home and overseas imperialism. The international expositions between Reconstruction and the eve of the United States entry into World War I were "the most extravagant cultural events" of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.1 The World's Fairs conferred legitimacy on the racialization of mass …

Plant's Folly And Tampa's Treasure: Boosters And The Creation Of A Tampa Icon, Alena Pirok

Florida Historical Quarterly

After four years of construction and fanfare, the Tampa Bay Hotel opened its doors to northern tourists on February 11, 1891. Journalists on the scene reported that the hotel's builder, interior designer, owner, and all around mastermind, Henry B. Plant, had invited the people of Tampa, prospective hotel guests, and even rival businessmen to view his wondrous new resort.1 At its surface the building was a marvel to behold and quite a contrast to the collection of meager structures and rail lines that made up the "arid desert of sand" that was Tampa.2 Its fine red brick walls and wide …

Early Tourism And Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Discovery Of Stowe's First Published Descriptions Of Florida, John T. Foster, Jr.

Florida Historical Quarterly

While many living today may not realize it, Harriet Beecher Stowe was the most famous American woman of the mid-nineteenth century. In fact, she was so famous that when she visited President Lincoln at the White House, he is believed to have greeted her with these words: "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war." This statement, of course, refers to the far-reaching impact of Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. For all its faults, this work exposed a horrible truth about slavery: that a slave owner possessed the right to maim or kill a …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 95, Number 4. Includes the Table of Contents

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 95, Number 6, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

A Special Issue Introduction by FHQ Editors by Connie L. Lester and Daniel Murphree Twentieth-Century Florida: A Bibliographic Essay by Gary R. Mormino "A New Social Awakening": James Hudson, Florida A.&M. University's Religious Life Program, and the 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott by Larry 0. Rivers "We Are Not Hired Help": The 1968 Statewide Florida Teacher Strike and the Formation of Modern Florida by Jody Baxter Noll The Fractured American Dream: From Country Club Living to "Suburban Slum" in Latino Orlando by Simone P. Delerme Book Reviews End Notes

End Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Florida Historical Society Archaeological Institute (FHSAI); Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society; "The Florida Historical Society Presents: Florida Frontiers": The Television Series; The Florida Historical Society 2017 Annual Meeting and Symposium; FHQ Website; Florida Historical Quarterly Podcasts; Florida Historical Quarterly Available on JSTOR; Florida Historical Quarterly on Facebook; Guidelines for Submissions to the Florida Historical Quarterly; Guidelines for e-FHQ Publication

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

de la Cova, Colonel Henry Theodore Titus: Antebellum Soldier of Fortune and Florida Pioneer. by Victor Andres Triay; Porcher Jr. and Judd, The Market Preparation of Carolina Rice: An lllustrated History of Innovations in the Lowcountry Rice Kingdom. by Hayden R. Smith; Warren, The Rebel Yell: A Cultural History. by Michael T. Bernath; Dom, Challenges on the Emmaus Road: Episcopal Bishops Confront Slavery, Civil War, and Emancipation. by Glenn Robins; McKinley, Stinking Stones and Rocks of Gold: Phosphate, Fertilizer, and Industrialization in Postbellum South Carolina. by Peter A. Coclanis; Stanonis, Faith in Bikinis: Politics and Leisure in the Coastal South …

"We Are Not Hired Help": The 1968 Statewide Florida Teacher Strike And The Formation Of Modern Florida, Jody Baxter Noll

Florida Historical Quarterly

During the spring of 2010, a debate over merit pay and tenure for teachers swept across Florida. While this was not a new debate, the introduction of Senate Bill 6 by the Republican led-legislature fanned the flames of discord between teachers and the state. Calling for a merit-based system of pay and teacher retention through standardized testing, as well as diminishing local school board autonomy, the bill directly conflicted with educators' demands for professional respect in a continuously besieged occupation. In passing the bill, the Legislature created an atmosphere of resistance among Florida's teachers who flooded the Governor's office with …

The Fractured American Dream: From Country Club Living To "Suburban Slum" In Latino Orlando, Simone P. Delerme

Florida Historical Quarterly

One evening in July of 2010, an Internet user who goes by "GinnyFavers" posted a question to the city-data.com forum: "I heard from someone that the Buena Ventura Lakes (BVL) subdivision was a majority to all Hispanic area. Just curious if that's really true? No negative implication intended! -Amanda."1 Twenty-two minutes later "Metrowester" responded. "Yes, BVL is a primarily Hispanic area. Landstar homes was heavily marketed in Puerto Rico several years ago."2 "Metrowester" continued, and spoke favorably about the Publix Sabor supermarket in the area with a deli that serves Cuban coffee, pastries, and roasted pork. He identified himself as …

Twentieth-Century Florida: A Bibliographic Essay, Gary R. Mormino

Florida Historical Quarterly

On New Year's Day, 1920, Florida was a sparsely populated, geographically isolated, and politically insignificant state. The state's population, the smallest in the South, had not yet reached the one million mark. Florida ranked thirty-second of forty-eight states, having just surpassed Colorado in population.1 In comparison, southern neighbors Alabama and Georgia recorded populations of 2.4 and 2.9 million inhabitants. The influence of North Florida and the Panhandle had crested by 1920. By 1930, new places and cities that had not even been born in 1910 signified the pulse beat and direction of Florida: Boca Raton, Coral Gables, and Miami Beach. …

"A New Social Awakening": James Hudson, Florida A. & M. University's Religious Life Program, And The 1956 Tallahassee Bus Boycott, Larry O. Rivers

Florida Historical Quarterly

On May 28, 1956, an event occurred on the Tallahassee campus of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) that fused an educator and religious leader, his teachings on nonviolence, a detestable act of racial discrimination, and the passion of well-prepared university students into a crusade for social change.

Introduction: 500 Years Of Florida History-The Twentieth Century, Connie L. Lester

Florida Historical Quarterly

This is the last of the special issues devoted to the celebration of Florida's 500 Years of History. Launched in 2013 in conjunction with the state's commemoration of the landing of Juan Ponce de Leon on the peninsula, the Florida Historical Quarterly editors proposed a multi-year, multi-issue endeavor to capture a snapshot of Florida history at the second decade of the twenty-first century. As conceived the project called for 6 special issues, one each for the 16th, 17th, 18th, and 20th centuries and two for the long 19th century (1800-1920). At completion, the special issues included the work of 31 …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 95, Number 3. Includes the Table of Contents

End Notes, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Florida Historical Society Archaeological Institute (FHSAI); Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society; "The Florida Historical Society Presents: Florida Frontiers": The Television Series; The Florida Historical Society 2017 Annual Meeting and Symposium; Florida Historical Quarterly Podcasts; Florida Historical Quarterly Available on JSTOR; Florida Historical Quarterly on Facebook; Guidelines for Submissions to the Florida Historical Quarterly; Guidelines for e-FHQ Publication

Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume 95, Number 2, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Special Issue Introduction by FHQ Editors by Connie L. Lester and Daniel Murphree African Americans in Florida, 1870-1920: A Historiographical Essay by David H.Jackson,Jr. and Kimberlyn M. Elliott The Right to Vote and the Long Nineteenth Century in Florida by Robert Cassanello The Evolving Suffrage Militancy of Mary Nolan by Judith Pouche Book Reviews End Notes

The Evolving Suffrage Militancy Of Mary Nolan, Judith Pouche

Florida Historical Quarterly

Petite, frail, physically impaired, and seventy-three years old, Mary Nolan could easily be underestimated by anyone foolish enough to equate physical vigor with mental strength. On November 14, 1917, several men brutalized the Jacksonville grandmother as she endured what suffragists would soon call the "Night of Terror" in a Virginia prison. One guard had told her, "I'll take you and handle you, and you'll be sorry you made me." Nolan recalled: "A man sprang at me, and caught me by the shoulder. ... I was jerked down the steps and away into the dark ... [,and later] they pushed me …

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Zettler, The Biohistory of Florida, by James C. Clark; Osborn, Indian River Lagoon: An Environmental History. by Devin Leigh; Emberton, Beyond Redemption: Race, Violence, and the American South after the Civil War. by Gregory Mixon; Escott, Uncommonly Savage: Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States. by James W. Cortada; Downs, Declarations of Dependence: The Long Reconstruction of Popular Politics in the South, 1861-1908. by Margaret M. Mulrooney; Bennett, When Tobacco Was King: Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont. by Peter Benson; Vickers and Wilson-Graham, Remembering Paradise Park: Tourism and Segregation at Silver Springs. by …

The Right To Vote And The Long Nineteenth Century In Florida, Robert Cassanello

Florida Historical Quarterly

These special issues are meant to reflect on the quincentennial history of Ponce de Leon's landing on the shores of the Florida peninsula and as historians we are challenged to understand and come to terms with the consequence of those actions. The editors of the Florida Historical Quarterly have asked the contributors to explore Florida's past through the lens of a century long view. The nineteenth century presents such a unique challenge for these types of historical reflections because so much by way of technology, communication, transportation, societal relations transformed more rapidly than any previously recorded century. The world was …

African Americans In Florida, 1870-1920: A Historiographical Essay, David H. Jackson

Florida Historical Quarterly

The history of African Americans in Florida is a subject area that remains under-researched. While historians have generally done a commendable job examining the topic for the last fifty years or so, Florida still lags behind other southern states when it comes to scholarship on its African American populace. Thus, this essay seeks to review some of the scholarly works that have been published on the subject of African Americans in Florida from 1870 to 1920. It is arranged thematically with scholarship addressing major topics such as: Reconstruction, racial relations, racial violence, politics, religion, urban history, labor, black women, education, …

Special Issue Introduction By Fhq Editors, Connie L. Lester

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the planning of the 500 Years of Florida History series, we decided that the complexity of the nineteenth century was too challenging for a single issue. As a result, we divided the century at the end of Reconstruction and expanded it to 1920 and the extension of suffrage to American women with the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The seven articles that focused on the earlier decades of nineteenth century appeared in the winter issue of Volume 94 and were edited by James Cusick. Those articles covered a range of topics from literature to Native …

Title Page, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

Title page for Volume 95, Number 2. Includes the Table of Contents

The Politics Of The Self: Psychedelic Assemblages, Psilocybin, And Subjectivity In The Anthropocene, Joshua Falcon

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines how psychedelic substances become drawn into particular sociohistorical and political arrangements, and how psychedelic experiences with psilocybin ‘magic mushrooms’ are used as tools of subjectivation. Guided by literatures in philosophy, critical theory, and the social sciences that focus on subjectivity, assemblage theory, and critical posthumanism, I argue that psychedelics are drawn into variegated assemblages, each of which conceptualizes the nature of psychedelics in highly specific ways that reflect implicit conceptions of the world and the self. In developing the concept of psychedelic assemblages, this research provides a window onto the politics of the self in the Anthropocene. …

The Flow Of (Re)Memory In African American And Nubian Egyptian Literature: Morrison, Oddoul, And Mukhtar, Bushra Hashem

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to define the term rememory, which Toni Morrison coins in her novel Beloved, and explore its interplay with water imagery in the novel and in two Nubian short stories, namely Haggag Oddoul’s “The River People” and Yahya Mukhtar’s “The Nile Bride.” The three narratives have core common features: they centralize water bodies as key sites of events, they depend heavily on the retelling of history and mythology, and they are told predominantly from the perspective of women. How do the writers weave rememory, history, and mythology to produce these narratives? Are they attempting to …

Puritan Patriarchal Construction Of American Sexual Morality And Woman's Worth: A Daughter's Response, Savannah Mather

Honors Projects

While modern conceptions of Puritanism regard it as an artifact of American history, whose woman-killing theologies are long buried and forgotten, the bible in my father’s closet and the recently leaked Supreme Court draft to overturn Roe. Vs. Wade would argue otherwise. Cotton Mather’s favorite book Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion outlined both the ideals and detriments of the Anglo-American female identity. In this text, white women were taught to absolve themselves of the “nakedness” in dress Puritan settlers associated Indigenous people with. A woman’s ability to align herself to the ideals of chastity determined her own and her …

Sandra Clements, Kelli Johnson

Oral Histories – NPS AACR Civil Rights In Appalachia Grant

Kelli Johnson conducting an oral history interview with Sandra Clements.

This oral history is part of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights History and Appalachia Grant Program.

Jesse James' Hideout Or Civil War Midden?, Steven Meyer, Tim Evers, Ben Ebert

Undergraduate Research Symposium

Whether the infamous outlaw Jesse James (1847-1882) ever lived in Iron County Missouri during his post-Civil War crime spree is a highly debated issue shrouded in legend and myth. A plot of land called “The Hideout” in Southern Iron County is a prime source for these legends to be tested. Archaeologists Benjamin Ebert, Steven Meyer, and Tim Evers will attempt to answer the question “Could Jesse James have stayed at the Hideout?” Iron County is steeped in rich history dating back to the Civil War, and other historic landmarks add credence to the legends
and help push tourism and preservation …

Autobiography Of George Washington Owens: First African American Graduate Of Kansas State University, Anthony R. Crawford

Special Publications

George Washington Owens was the son of former slaves who migrated to Kansas in the early 1870s to find free land, finally settling in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, near Alma. It was there that he was born in 1875. In his handwritten autobiography, Owens chronicles the difficulties and successes of working hard growing up on the plains and as a student at District School #3 of Alma, and then at Kansas State Agricultural College. After learning that no African American had graduated from KSAC (now Kansas State University), “he resolved to be the first.” He did so, graduating in 1899. Owens …