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- Profiles more than 50 African Americans during four centuries of Florida history in brief essays - Traces the role African Americans played in the discovery, exploration, and settlemtn of Florida as well as through the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement - From Estevanico the Black, who first stepped on the shores of Florida in 1528, to Carrle Pittman Meek, elected to the United States Congress, African Americans have been setting examples of courage and perseverance - Topics include Fort Mose (first free black community in North America), Black Seminoles, T. Thomas Fortune, turpentine camps, baseball, the Battle of Olustee, and Zora Neale Hurston - Provides a detalled description of the 141 sites on the Florida Black Heritage Trail - Particularly appropriate for school-age readers - For classroom use: one free teacher's manual with the purchase of three books
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