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  2. African Americans in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Racial segregation forced black people and white people to attend different schools in Florida. The quality of education was poor for African American children. In the year 1956, two African American black women were arrested in the city Tallahassee for sitting in the front seats of a bus when they were told to sit in the back of the bus. [17]

  3. List of African American newspapers in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The first newspaper by and for Black Americans in Florida was The New Era, which Josiah T. Walls purchased in 1873. [1] Newspapers ... 1900s [18] Weekly [19]

  4. History of African Americans in Jacksonville - Wikipedia

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    On this day a group of young black teens attempted to sit down at a whites-only lunch counter for hamburgers and egg sandwiches. In the year of 1960, was a year of regular sit-ins for civil rights activist in the south. On this day, more than 200 white men who carried around wooden ax handles viciously attacked innocent, unarmed black protestors.

  5. List of African-American historic places in Florida - Wikipedia

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    List of African American historic places in Florida This list of African American Historic Places in Florida is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]

  6. Timeline of women's suffrage in Florida - Wikipedia

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    "The Woman Suffrage Movement in Florida". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 48 (3): 299–312. JSTOR 30161501 – via JSTOR. LWV (1995). "When Women Vote: A Study of the Pensacola Suffragist Movement and the Founding of the League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area and Its History" (PDF). The League of Women Voters of the Pensacola Bay Area.

  7. History of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The expedition included 200 people, including women and free black people. ... In 1900, Florida was largely agricultural and frontier; most Floridians lived within 50 ...

  8. How far can a city go to keep Black spring break crowds out ...

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    Black young people began to see South Florida as a travel destination, not only during spring break but also Memorial Day after the debut of Will Smith’s wildly popular hip-hop “Miami” song ...

  9. Women's suffrage in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Women's suffrage car in a parade in Orlando, Florida in 1913. After Chamberlain left, women's suffrage mainly remained dormant in Florida until around 1912. [5] One exception was a petition to the United States Congress for a federal women's suffrage amendment that was circulated by John Schnarr of Orlando in 1907.