This month’s mini documentary discusses the history of Parramore, Florida. This community is home to one of Orlando’s oldest African American neighborhoods. The video divides this history into three sections. The first focuses on the 18th century and early efforts to segregate Orlando. The second section explores the growth of Parramore and continued efforts to restrict it during the 20th…
Category: Public Outreach
Mapping African American Travel During Jim Crow
The remarkable Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture has digitized versions of their Green Book collection. These books are part of the public consciousness following the 2018 Green Book movie and will be a part of the forthcoming HBO series Lovecraft Country, based on Matt Ruff’s book of the same title. Published between 1936 and 1966, these books provided…
Public Talk on Rosewood (Bradenton, FL)
It was my great pleasure to return to Bradenton, Florida and present on my research to the Time Sifters Archaeology Society, the local chapter of the Florida Anthropological Society (FAS). I was here to speak about my recently published book on the Rosewood massacre, which you can purchase here. I don’t always post about each public presentation, but since they…