Browse Emily to find books on African American history in St. Augustine and St. Johns County from the Civil War to Civil Rights to the present.
Description
Our online catalog is named after a long serving Librarian of the St. Augustine Historical Society, Emily Wilson. Emily indexes the book collection, manuscript finding aids, maps, photographic collections, the Society’s newsletter the East Florida Gazette, and El Escribano: The St. Augustine Journal of History. Emily is constantly being updated so check back to see what’s been added!
]]>https://blackheritagestaugustine.omeka.net/items/show/135 MC52 - Black History in St. Augustine, Geoffrey Mohlman Collection
MC16.112 - Civil Rights Clippings
MC17 - City of St. Augustine Papers (1821-1993)]]>2021-11-10T08:21:00-05:00
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Manuscript Collections
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Three manuscript collections currently hold information on St. Augustine's African American History:
MC52 - Black History in St. Augustine, Geoffrey Mohlman Collection
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These files are plentiful with African American history from the British Period, Civil War, Guilded Age, Civil Rights to present day.
Subjects include Slave Narratives, Clubs and Organizations, Freedom Trail, Religion and Churches, Schools, etc.]]>2021-11-10T08:20:53-05:00
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Vertical Files - Available in Library only.
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Arranged by subject these files contain materials that have historical value, but don't belong in a collection including newspaper clippings, correspondence, sales documents, brochures, etc.
These files are plentiful with African American history from the British Period, Civil War, Guilded Age, Civil Rights to present day.
Subjects include Slave Narratives, Clubs and Organizations, Freedom Trail, Religion and Churches, Schools, etc.
A group of African-Americans who were involved in a sit-in. The group is pictured at and just in front of the entrance of Woolworth Co. with bystanders around them observing the scene.