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Freedom Riders
They were black and white, young and old, men and women. In the spring and summer of 1961, they put their lives on the line, riding buses through the American South to challenge …
John Lewis
The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis “The perfect book, at the right time.”—Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian For six decades John …
Beechers, Stowes and Yankee Strangers
Modern Florida began among a group of Yankee reformers at the end of the Civil War, including Harriet Beecher Stowe and her brother Charles. This book tells the story of the group, …
Sound of Freedom
Few moments in Civil Rights history are as important as the morning of Sunday April 9, 1939 when Marian Anderson sang before a throng of thousands lined up along the Mall by the …
John Lewis
The first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John Lewis For six decades John Robert Lewis (1940–2020) was a towering figure in the U.S. struggle for civil …
Arthur Ashe
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A “thoroughly captivating biography” (The San Francisco Chronicle) of American icon Arthur Ashe—the Jackie Robinson of men’s tennis—a pioneering …
Dixie Redux
Dixie Redux: Essays in Honor of Sheldon Hackney is a collection of original essays written by some of the nation’s most distinguished historians. Each of the contributors has a …
Voices of the Apalachicola
One of the main water resources for Florida, Alabama, and Georgia, the Apalachicola River begins where the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers meet at Lake Seminole and flow unimpeded …
The Everglades
This work, aimed at general readers and environmentalists alike, offers a dicussion of the formation, development and history of the Everglades, considered by many to be the most …
Claude Pepper and Ed Bell
The power struggle between Claude Pepper and Ed Ball in the mid-20th century in large part determined the future of Florida. This account of their interlocking careers - both …
Freedom Riders Abridged
The saga of the Freedom Rides is an improbable, almost unbelievable story. In the course of six months in 1961, four hundred and fifty Freedom Riders expanded the realm of the …
St. Petersburg and the Florida Dream, 1888-1950
The books in the Florida and the Caribbean Open Books Series demonstrate the University Press of Florida's long history of publishing Latin American and Caribbean studies titles …