Citizen Dorothy Ann Washington

Print edition title: "Slaves escaped south to Spanish Florida."

UNCOMING CONFERENCE: 2012 National Underground Railroad>

Labels: enslaved africans, enslavement, florida, runaways

Bradenton Herald, Monday, March, 12, 2012.

The names listed below by Dorothy Ann Washington are compiled in the are in the sections for Black cemeteries in Tombstone Inscriptions in Cemeteries of Manatee Co., FL, 1850-1980 compiled by Members of the Manasota Genealogical Society. Notations indicating rank, dates, and other service-related information are in the source.

1. Abner, Freeman
2. Andrews, Nathan
3. Bailey, Joe
4. Banks, Emamuel
5. Bolden, Manuel
6. Bradley, Henry
7. Brewer, Frank
8. Brewer, Patsy
9. Brittin, Francis
10. Brown, Charlie
11. Clark, Arthur
12. Daughtry, Sylvester
13. Diamond, David
14. Epps, Frank Robert
15. Hall, David
16. Hall, Ed
17. Hall, Ellis
18. Harquez, Claude
19. Helveston, Leonard
20. Houston, Arthur
21. Hunter, John
22. Hurst, Tom
23. Johnson, Willie
24. Jones, Damon
25. King, Ollie
26. King, Richard
27. McAdam, John
28. Mitchell, Ivery
29. Nixon, Arthur
30. Peeples, Lennie
31. Posey,John
32. Price,John
33. Reaves, Montie
34. Reddick, John A.
35. Rylas, Elzie
36. Sanders, Chatham Elija
37. Sharp, Ned
38. Valdez, Manuel

Labels: african american soliders, african americans, soliders, world war I

Other African American Voices About Desegregation in Manatee County, Florida:



Related articles, documents, websites, etc.

Labels: african american reading teachers, desegregation, education, teachers

As noted in the article cited above agriculture, Manatee County's second largest industry, earns $500 million in today's economy.

RELATED ARTICLES OR WEBSITES FROM LOCAL PUBLICATIONS:

Vazquez, Leonard. "Reunion joins Black farmers, fond memories," Bradenton Herald (clipping of article is available in the vertical file of the Manatee County Central Library. Complete citation is not on the clipping).

Summary: Persons gathering for the reunion discussed the lack of land ownership because of others refusal to sale to many African Americans. Desiring a better life for themselves, African Americans began to move away from Ellenton, Florida to Bradenton, Palmetto, Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Tampa.


United States. Census Bureau. State and county quick facts. Manatee County, Florida. Washington, D. C., 2010.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/12/12081.html

OTHER ARTICLES, MEDIA, AND WEBSITES:

"Agriculture Department racial discrimination cases," C-Span, Aug. 4, 2010.

Summary: John Boyd talked about Senate action on the settlement of long-standing racial discrimination claims by African-American farmers against the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ...--Washington Journal (Click to see recorded program)

Black Farmers Association (Click to see website)

Jefferson, Cord. "Senate approves $1B Black farmer settlement," The Root
(Click for artlcle)

"Judge signs off settlement for Black farmers," New York Times, October 28, 2011(Click for article)

Southall, Ashley. "Black farmers settlement approved," The Caucus: The Politics and Government Blog of The Times,November 30, 2010
(Click for article)

Labels: African American farm workers, african american farmers, farmers, farming, manatee county, palmetto

Names of Floridians that appear in the article cited above:

Moore, Harriette (biography)
Moore, Harry T.(biography,teacher's guide,selected letters)
Neal, Claude (see article about Neal at the following link http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article1197360.ece)

McGovern, James R. Anatomy of a lynching: the killing of Claude Neal. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. Eaton Room 364.134 MCG


Florida statue of limitations

Labels: Allen G, Breed, civil rights prosecutions, Claude Neal, FBI, Harriette and Harry T. Moore, Holbrook Mohr (Associated Press)