Resources in Special Collections:
African American Life in Jacksonville, Florida

Afro-American Life Insurance Company Collection. (1951-1965)
Special Collections M08-2
The Afro-American Life Insurance Company was an historic Jacksonville, Fla., business founded in 1901. The Collection consists of printed materials providing an overview of the Company's business history in the early to mid-twentieth century. Materials include two issues of the in-house publication, "Pilot" (December 3, 1962 [available online]; February 17 - 24, 1964 [available online]), and the fiftieth anniversary booklet, "Golden anniversary, 1901-1951..." [available online] (56 p.). A supplement (24 p.) to the newspaper, "Pittsburgh Courier," [available online] features the Company's new building in 1956 and shows numerous images of company employees and administrators.

An American Beach [videorecording] / [produced by] Wild Iris Productions ; producer/director, Kathleen Donaghy ; producer for WJCT, Lisa J. Buggs. Jacksonville, Fla. : WJCT, c2000.
Media F319.A45 A44 2000
Special Collections F319.A45 A44 2000

Arnwine, Patrick O'Neal. A study of influences and life choices : African American males from an urban pre-trial detention center and the Navy. 2001. Thesis (D. of Ed. in Educational Leadership)--University of North Florida.
General Collections XE185.93.F5 A75
Special Collections XE185.93.F5 A75

Bartley, Abel A. Jacksonville, the critical years : a political history of the African American community in Jacksonville Florida, 1940-1978. c1994. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 1994.
General Collections F319.J19 A22 1994x
Special Collections F319.J19 A22 1994x

Bartley, Abel A. Keeping the faith : race, politics, and social development in Jacksonville, Florida, 1940-1970. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.
General Collections F319.J19 A222 2000
Special Collections F319.J19 A222 2000

Bethel Baptist Institutional Church : 150th anniversary, Jacksonville, Florida: 1838-1988. Jacksonville, Fla.: [ Bethel Baptist Institutional Church], 1988.
Special Collections BX6480.J34B47 1988

Bethel Baptist Institutional Church : 155th anniversary, 1993, Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville, Fla.: [ Bethel Baptist Institutional Church], 1993.
Special Collections BX6480.J34 B48 1993

Black gold : thrilling epic of the oil fields. Arlington, Fla. : Norman Studios, [1928?]
Special Collections PN1997.B593 B553 1928

Boylan School. Year book : Boylan School, under the auspices of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Jacksonville, Fla. : Boylan School, 19--
Special Collections LC2853.J3 B69

Brown, Canter. Florida's Black public officials, 1867-1924. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1998.
Reference Collection E185.93.F5B76 1998
Special Collections E185.93.F5B76 1998

Burt, Robert Allen. [Robert Allen Burt Collection], 1970-1978.
Special Collections P85-1

Carter, Delphenia M. James Welson Johnson : a learning activity package. Jacksonville, Fla. : Duval County School Board, [1972?].
Special Collections PS3519.O2625 Z55 1972

Chanco, Amanda Young. Jacksonville's black soldiers : the First South Carolina Volunteers. Thesis (M.A. in History)--University of North Florida, Department of History, College of Arts and Science, 2006.
General Collections XE492.94 1st.C535 2006
Special Collections XE492.94 1st.C535 2006

A class study in black & white [videorecording] / presented by WJCT ; produced, directed and written by Lisa J. Buggs. Jacksonville, Fla. : WJCT, c1999.
Media - 1st floor Course Reserves F319.J19 A224 1999
Special Collections F319.J19 A224 1999

Colburn, David R. The African American heritage of Florida. / edited by David R. Colburn and Jane L. Landers. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, c1995.
Course Reserves E185.93.F5C65 1995
Special Collections E185.93.F5C65 1995

Collins, LeRoy. Transcript of statewide TV-radio talk to the people of Florida on race relations / by Governor LeRoy Collins. [Florida? : S.n., 1960?]
Special Collections M75-1, Folder H1, no. 360

A desegregation study for the Duval County public schools / by the Florida School Desegregation Consulting Center. Coral Gables, Fla. : The Center, 1970.
Special Collections LC214.23.J3D473 1970

Designation application and report of the Planning and Development Department of the City of Jacksonville to the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission regarding proposed designation of the Clara White Mission, 611 - 615 West Ashley Street as a City of Jacksonville landmark, LM-93-2. Jacksonville, Fla. : Planning and Development Dept., 1993.
Special Collections JAX10.C2:P63/LM-93-2

The educational condition of black males in Florida : an exploratory study. Jacksonville, Fla. : Florida Institute of Education, University of North Florida, 1985.
Government Documents UNF.A2:B51
Special Collections UNF.A2:B51

Fletcher, Dorothy K. The cruelest months. [ Philadelphia, Pa.] : Xlibris Corp., c2002.
General Collections PS3606.L482C78 2002
Special Collections PS3606.L482C78 2002

Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee. Racial and civil disorders in St. Augustine : report of the Legislative Investigation Committee. [Tallahassee, Fla.? : The Committee?], 1965.
Special Collections F319.S2 F55 1965

Florida Baptist Academy (Jacksonville, Fla.)  Register of the Florida Baptist Academy, Jacksonville, Florida, with catalog of students.  Jacksonville, Fla. : The Academy.
Special Collections M85-1, Box 8, Folder 54

The flying ace : the greatest airplane mystery story ever filmed. Arlington, Fla. : Norman Studios, [1926?]
Special Collections PN1997.F568 F59 1926

Glover, Nathaniel, Jr. [Nathaniel Glover, Jr. Papers ], 1970-2009.
Special Collections M09-2

Green, Lucy C. Heaven on earth. New York, N.Y. : Vantage Press, c2000.
Special Collections F319.J153 G74 2000

Historic building survey of urban core southwest of the City of Jacksonville / submitted by Historic Property Associates, Inc., St. Augustine, Florida, to City of Jacksonville Planning & Development Department. St. Augustine, Fla. : Historic Property Associates, 1997.
General Collections F319.J16 B7 1997
Special Collections F319.J16 B7 1997

History and souvenir of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville, Fla. : Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, [190-?]
Special Collections M75-1, Folder F, no. 43

Jacksonville looks at its Negro community : (twenty-one months after publication of the survey-March 1948) : brief report / of the Bi-Racial Follow-Up Committee. [ Jacksonville : The Committee?] 1948.
Special Collections F319.J19 A24 1946 update

Jacksonville looks at its Negro community : a survey of conditions affecting the Negro population in Jacksonville and Duval County, Florida / conducted by a survey committee of the Council of Social Agencies ; Southern Regional Council, Inc., professional consultant. Jacksonville, Fla. : Pub. under the auspices of the Council, [1946]
Special Collections F319.J19 A24 1946

Jacksonville looks at its Negro community : a survey of conditions affecting the Negro population in Jacksonville and Duval County, Florida / conducted by a survey committee of the Council of Social Agencies ; Southern Regional Council, Inc., professional consultant. Jacksonville, Fla. : Pub. under the auspices of the Council, [1946?]
General Collections F319.J19 A24 1946x
Special Collections F319.J19 A24 1946x

Johnson, James Weldon. Along this way : the autobiography of James Weldon Johnson. [New York] : Da Capo Press, 2000.
General Collections PS3519.O2625Z463 2000
Special Collections PS3519.O2625Z463 2000

Johnson, Kenny G. 20 living local African American achievers in Jacksonville, Florida coloring book. [ Jacksonville, Fla.] : Kenny G. The Motivational Poet Publications, c2003.
Special Collections F319.J19 A245 2003

Kenney, Patricia Drozd. LaVilla, Florida, 1866-1887 : reconstruction dreams and the formation of a black community. 1990. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida, 1990.
General Collections XF319.J19 A25 1990x
Special Collections XF319.J19 A25 1990x

Lloyd, R. Grann (Raymond Grann) A call to higher ground : a study of the major problems and concerns of black students in the Duval County public schools / by R. Grann Lloyd ... [et al.] [ Jacksonville, Fla.? : Jacksonville ( Florida) Chapter of the NAACP?]?, 1983.
Government Documents JAX4.A2:C16
Special Collections LC2802.F6 L568

McClain-Watson, Teresa. Plenty good room. Seattle, WA : Fjord Press, c1997.
General Collections PS3563.C3393 P58 1997
Special Collections PS3563.C3393 P58 1997

McGill, Nicole. Kindred spirits : family legends & childhood memories. Jacksonville, Fla. : China Grove, c1997.
General Collections E185.97 .M455 1997
Special Collections E185.97 .M455 1997

Mason, Herman. African-American life in Jacksonville. Dover, New Hampshire : Arcadia, 1997.
General Collections F319.J19 A255 1997
Special Collections F319.J19 A255 1997

Minority business. Jacksonville, Fla. : JCCI,1985.
Special Collections JAX22.A3:M55

Myers, Annette McCollough. The shrinking sands of an African American beach. Fernandina Beach, Fla. : Lexington Ventrures, c2006.
Special Collections F319.A45M94 2006

Negro blue book (Jacksonville) [Jacksonville, Fla.?] : Florida Blue Book Pub. Co., 1926.
Special Collections F319.J19 A258 1926x

Newspaper in education. Jacksonville, Fla. : Florida Times-Union, 198-
Special Collections LB1044.9.N4 N477

1901-1941, fortieth anniversary, Afro-American Life Insurance Co., Jacksonville, Florida. Jacksonville, Fla. : Afro-American Life Insurance Co., [1941?]
Special Collections M75-1, Folder B, no. 25

Oliver, Kitty. Multicolored memories of a Black Southern girl. Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2001.
General Collections F319.J153 O45 2001
Special Collections F319.J153 O45 2001

Ortiz, Paul. Emancipation betrayed : the hidden history of Black organizing and white violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the bloody election of 1920. Berkeley: University of California Press, c2005.
Special Collections E185.93.F5O78 2005

Phelts, Marsha Dean. An American beach for African Americans. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c1997.
General Collections F319.A45P47 1997
Special Collections F319.A45P47 1997

A Pictorial review of activities conducted under auspices of the Clara White Mission ... Jacksonville, Florida. [ Jacksonville, Fla.? : Clara White Mission?, 193-]
Special Collections M75-1, Folder R, no. 232

Poppell, Judith Bockel. The desegregation of a historically black high school in Jacksonville, Florida. 1998. Thesis (D. of Ed. in Educational Leadership)--University of North Florida.
Special Collections XLC214.23.J3 P67

Race and gender in Jacksonville history : a reader / edited by James B. Crooks (Dept. of History, Philosophy & Religious Studies, University of North Florida) ; assembled by the UNF Bookstore. [Jacksonville, Fla.] : UNF Bookstore, 1997.
General Collections F319.J19 A274 1997
Special Collections F319.J19 A274 1997

Race relations [videorecording] / <produced by> UNF Humanities Council ; producer, James Crooks ; project director, Carolyn Williams. Jacksonville, Fla. : University of North Florida, 1993.
Media F319.J19 A276 1993
Special Collections F319.J19 A276 1993

Report of the Public Education Study Committee. Jacksonville, Fla. : The Council, 1977.
Special Collections JAX22.A3:E28

A report to the Duval County Board of Public Instruction / by the Florida School Desegregation Consulting Center, School of Education, University of Miami. Coral Gables, Fla. : The Center, 1968.
Special Collections LC214.23.J3R46 1968

Richardson, Donna. A case study analysis of five African American male educational leaders. 2003. Thesis (D. of Ed. in Educational Leadership)--University of North Florida.
General Collections XLB2831.624.F6R53
Special Collections XLB2831.624.F6R53

Robinson, Lillian T. From the slave : the gift of song : a learning activity package. Jacksonville, Fla. : Duval County School Board, [1972?].
Special Collections ML3556 .R63 1972

Rymer, Russ. American Beach : a saga of race, wealth, and memory. New York : HarperCollins, c1998.
General Collections F319.A45R96 1998
Special Collections F319.A45R96 1998

St. Joseph Aid Society [picture]. [ Jacksonville, Fla.? : The Society?, 192-?].
Special Collections M85-1, Box 5, folder 39

Satchell, Derek C. Springfield, a second look. Jacksonville, Fla. : Springfield Neighborhood Housing Services of Jacksonville, Florida Inc., [199-]
Government Documents JAX10.C2:S66/3
Special Collections JAX10.C2:S66/3

Schafer, Daniel L. Anna Madgigine, Jai Kingsley : African princess, Florida slave, plantation slaveowner. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2003.
General Collections E444.K56S33 2003
Special Collections E444.K56S33 2003

Sessions, B. J. Character pieces and bits of me / B.J. Sessions ; illustrated by Byron C. Sessions and B.J. Sessions. Jacksonville, Fla. : Jean-Aubrey Ideas, Inc., c1984.
General Collections PS3569.E7585C45 1984
Special Collections PS3569.E7585C45 1984

Sessions, B.J. A charge to keep : Brewster Hospital, Brewster Methodist Hospital, Brewster Hospital School of Nursing, Brewster-Duval School of Nursing, 1901-1966. Jacksonville, Fla. : Brewster and Community Nurses Alumni Association, 1996.
General Collections RA982.J23 B74 1996
Special Collections RA982.J23B74 1996

Sessions, B. J. Deep. Jacksonville, Fla. : Jean-Aubrey Ideas, Inc., 1997.
General Collections PS3569.E7585D44 1997
Special Collections PS3569.E7585D44 1997

Sessions, B. J. Let the words of my mouth : an African American speaking out. Jacksonville, Fla. : Jean-Aubrey Ideas, 1995.
General Collections E185.86 .S47 1995
Special Collections E185.86 .S47 1995

Sessions, B. J. Rhythms of my heart. Jacksonville, Fla. : Jean-Aubrey Ideas, Inc., 1991.
General Collections PS3569.E7585R45 1991
Special Collections PS3569.E7585R45 1991

Sessions, B. J. A woman from Charleston : the life of Arnolta Johnston Williams (Mama Williams). Jacksonville, Fla. : Jean-Aubrey Ideas, 1991.
General Collections F319.J153W68 1991
Special Collections F319.J153 W68 1991

75th diamond birthday observance of useful life of Eartha Mary Magdalene White, "Doctor of Humanities" : [souvenir program].  [ Jacksonville, Fla.? : Eartha Mary Magdalene White Diamond (75th) Birthday Observance Committee of the Florida State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, 1951].
Special Collections M75-1, Folder W4, no. 2787

Tucker, Samuel J. Phoenix from the ashes : EWC's past, present, and future.  Jacksonville, Fla. : Convention Press, 1976.
Special Collections LC2851.E385 T83 1976

Walch, Barbara Hunter. New black voices : the growth and contributions of Sallye Mathis and Mary Singleton in Florida government. Jacksonville, Fla. : Barbara H. Walch, c1990.
General Collections F319.J19 A29 1990
Special Collections F319.J19 A29 1990

Walch, Barbara Hunter. Sallye B. Mathis and Mary L. Singleton : Black pioneers on the Jacksonville, Florida, City Council. 1988. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida, 1988.
General Collections XF319.J19 A29 1988
Special Collections XF319.J19 A29 1988

Walker, Rosa G. Holmes. Rosa G. Holmes Walker papers, 1871-1943. (bulk 1920-1930)
Special Collections M85-1

White, Eartha M. M. Eartha M.M. White papers,1831-1974. (bulk 1930-1974)
Special Collections M75-1
The collection consists of more than 1,000 items, including Eartha White's personal papers, documents, photographs and other memorabilia. The bulk of the collection are photographs depicting friends, relatives and events from her long life. A significant amount of her business and personal correspondence is also included. An extensive subject index is available for use with the collection.

White, Eartha M. M. Who is who in Jacksonville business and professions / compiled by Eartha Mary Magdalene White (Founder-President Clara White Mission, Inc.) Jacksonville, Fla. : [Clara White Mission?, 1957?]
Special Collections M75-1, Folder I, no. 58

Williams, Neil Allen O'Rourke. Let your spirit shine : a poetic memoir / Neil Allen O'Rourke Williams ; illustrated by James A. Dixon.  New York : Vantage Press, c1998.
General Collections PS3573.I4545 L58 1998
Special Collections PS3573.I4545 L58 1998

Young black males. Jacksonville, Fla. : Jacksonville Community Council Inc., 1992.
Government Documents JAX22.A3:Y59
Special Collections JAX22.A3:Y59