Books for Black History Month: upf.com/bhm16
Read about the preseason before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, the lost color line in Florida’s Silver Springs park, the adventures of Alabama’s legendary black outlaw, the only known slave memoir from Florida, Zora Neale Hurston’s final years, the proud heritage of Miami’s black community, the unsung heroines of South Carolina’s civil rights history, black political power in Atlanta, how slavery is remembered at historically preserved plantations, the connection between war and citizenship in the African American experience, and more.
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