List of African American newspapers in Florida
This is a list of Black American newspapers that have been published in Florida. It includes both current and historical newspapers.
The earliest known Black American journalists in Florida were John T. Shuften and John Wallace, who both worked for newspapers that were otherwise white. The first newspaper by and for Black Americans in Florida was The New Era, which Josiah T. Walls purchased in 1873.[1]
Newspapers
[edit]City | Title | Beginning | End | Frequency | Call numbers | Remarks
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Coral Springs[2] / Pompano Beach[3] | The Broward Times | 1983?[2] | ?[2] | Weekly[2] |
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Daytona Beach | Daytona Times | 1976[4] or 1978[5] | current | Weekly[4] |
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Eatonville | Eatonville Ledger | 1886[6] | 1889[6] |
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Eatonville | Eatonville Speaker | 1889[7] | ?[7] | Weekly[7] | ||
Fort Lauderdale | Florida Spur | 1947[8] | 1950s?[8] | |||
Fort Lauderdale | The Westside Gazette | 1971[9] | current | Twice weekly[9] | ||
Fort Myers | The Community Voice | 1988?[10] | ? | Weekly[10] | ||
Fort Myers | 1978[12] | current | Monthly newspaper[13] | |||
Fort Pierce | The Chronicle | 1957[15] | 1992[14] | Weekly[15] |
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Fort Pierce | Florida Courier | 1990s[16] | current | Weekly[16] |
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Gainesville | Farmers' Journal | 1884[17] | 1884[17] |
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Gainesville | The Gainesville Journal | 1986?[19] | 1900s[18] | Weekly[19] |
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Gainesville | The New Era | 1873[1] | 1874?[20] | Weekly[20] |
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Gainesville / Pensacola (1900–1902)[22] / Jacksonville (1919–)[22] |
| 1887[24] | 1900s[21] | Weekly[21] |
|
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Gainesville | Gainesville Voice | 1986?[26] | ?[26] | Weekly[26] |
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Jacksonville | The Jacksonville Advocate | 1930s[28] | 1987[27] | Weekly[27] | ||
Jacksonville | The Jacksonville Advocate-Free Press | 1987[29] | 1990[29] | Weekly[29] | ||
Jacksonville | Afro-American Gazette | 1900s | 1900s |
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Jacksonville | Daily American | 1894[30] | 1894[30] | Daily[30] |
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Jacksonville | Florida Baptist | 1887[31] | 1888[31] |
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Jacksonville | Florida Cyclone | 1888[31] | 1888[31] |
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Jacksonville | The Florida Evangelist | 1896[32] | 1902[32] | Weekly[32] |
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Jacksonville | 1979[35] or 1986[36] | current | Weekly[35] |
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Jacksonville | Edward Waters Globe | 1892[37] | ?[37] | |||
Jacksonville | Florida Labor Templar | 1901[23] | ? | |||
Jacksonville | The Northwest Florida Advocate | 1986?[38] | ? | Weekly[38] | ||
Jacksonville | 1883[42] | 1893[39] | Weekly[40] |
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Jacksonville | Progressive News | 1938[28] | ? | |||
Jacksonville | The Florida Searchlight | 1937?[43] | ?[43] | Weekly[43] |
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Jacksonville | The Florida Standard | 1906[23] | 1917[23] | |||
Jacksonville |
| 1951[45] | current | Weekly[45] |
|
|
Jacksonville | 1876[49] | ? | Triweekly,[49] then daily (except Monday)[48] |
|
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Jacksonville | Sunday School Lesson | 1906?[23] | ? | |||
Jacksonville | The Florida Tattler | 1934[50] | 1962?[28] | Weekly[50] | ||
Jacksonville | Florida Templar | 1886[51] | 1888[51] |
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Key West / Jacksonville (1885–)[53] | 1882[53] | 1888[52] | Weekly, then twice weekly[53] |
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Lakeland | The Weekly Bulletin | 1969[55] | 1900s[55] | Weekly (published on Friday)[55] |
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Marianna | West Florida Bugle | 1880s[56] | 1920s[56] |
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Miami | Haiti Vision | 1994[57] | ? | Weekly[57] | ||
Miami | Haïti en Marche | 1987[58] | current | Weekly[58] |
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Miami | Haitian-American Business Journal | 1991?[59] | ? | Biweekly[59] | ||
Miami | Liberty News | 1961[60] | ?[60] | Biweekly[60] |
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Miami | The Miami Times | 1923[61] | current | Weekly[61] |
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Miami | Miami Tropical Dispatch | 1929[62] | 1965?[62] | Weekly[63] |
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Miami | Miami Whip | 1934[64] | 1950[64] | |||
Milton | Colored Signal | 1920s[65] | 1920s[65] |
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Ocala | Ocala Ledger | 1887[6] | 1890[66] |
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Ocala | Mahogany Revue | 1988[67] | current[67] | Biweekly[67] |
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Ocala | The Florida Watchman | 1924[68] | ?[68] | Twice monthly[68] | ||
Opa Locka | Miami Courier | 1979?[69] | 1983?[69] | Weekly[69] |
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Orlando |
| 1990s[70] | current | Weekly[70] | ||
Orlando | Afro-Chronicle: A View from the Other Side | 1972?[71] | 1975[71] | Weekly[71] |
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Orlando | Central Florida Times | 1945[72] | 1949[72] | |||
Orlando | Record | 1910?[8] | 1912?[8] |
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Orlando |
| 1922[8] | current | Weekly[73] |
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Orlando | The Orlando Times | 1976[8] | current | Weekly[74] |
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Palatka | The Palatka Advocate | 1917[75] | 1927?[75] |
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Pensacola |
| 1910[76] or 1913[28] or 1914[77] | 1965 | Weekly[77] |
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Pensacola | Pensacola Courier | 1935[28] or 1937[79] | 1960s?[78] | Weekly[79] |
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Pensacola | Pensacola Enterprise | 1887[30] | 1888[30] |
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Pensacola | The Pensacola Exposure | 1971[80] | ?[80] | Weekly[80] |
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Pensacola | Pensacola Times | 1888[30] | 1888[30] |
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Pensacola |
| 1965[81] or 1973?[82] | 2018[81] | Weekly[82] |
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Progress Village | Progress Village Pioneer | 1961[83] | 1900s[83] | Monthly newspaper[83] | ||
Sarasota | The Bulletin | 1959[84] | ? | Weekly[84] |
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Sarasota | Tempo News | 1986[36] | current | |||
St. Augustine | Saint Augustine Post | 1933[86] | 1900s[85] | Weekly[86] |
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St. Petersburg / Louisville, Kentucky (1978–1980) / Gainesville (1980–1981) / Oakland, California (1981–1986)[87] | Burning Spear | 1969[88] or 1970[87] | ?[87] | Irregular[87] |
| |
St. Petersburg |
| 1966[90] | current | Weekly[90] |
| |
St. Petersburg | The Pinellas Negro Weekly | 1944[91] | 1900s[91] | Weekly[91] |
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St. Petersburg | Public Informer | 1937[92] | ?[92] | |||
St. Petersburg | World | 1930s?[92] | 1930s?[92] | |||
Tallahassee | Capital Outlook | 1975[93] | current | Weekly[93] |
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Tallahassee | The Front | 1900s[94] | 1970s[94] | Bimonthly newspaper[94] |
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Tallahassee | Haiti Espoir Magazine | 1994[95] | ?[95] | Monthly[95] |
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Tallahassee | Metropolitan | 1920s?[8] | 1920s?[8] | |||
Tallahassee | Record-Dispatch | 1947[8] | ? |
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Tampa | Afro-American Monthly | 1915[96] | ?[96] | Monthly newspaper[96] | ||
Tampa | The Black Journal | 1988[97] | ?[97] | Biweekly[97] |
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Tampa | 1914[99] | 1959[98] | Weekly[99] | |||
Tampa | Florida Sentinel-Bulletin | 1945[101] | ?[101] | Twice weekly[101] |
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Tampa | The Tampa Guardian | 1873[102] | 1886[102] | Weekly[102] | ||
Tampa | The News Reporter | 1957?[104] | ?[104] | Weekly[104] |
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Tampa | Florida Sentinel Bulletin | 1959[105] | current | Twice weekly[105] | ||
Tampa | Florida Sentinel | 1945[21] | 1950s[21] | Weekly[21] |
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Tampa | Southern Progress | 1886[106] | ?[106] |
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West Palm Beach | Florida Photo News | 1956?[107] | ? | Weekly[107] |
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West Palm Beach | Markethhouse Internationale | 1992?[108] | ? | Monthly newspaper[108] | ||
West Palm Beach[109] | Palm Beach Gazette | 1989[109] | ? | Weekly[109] |
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Winter Park | Winter Park Advocate | 1885[6] or 1889[111] | 1891?[111] |
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Winter Park |
| 1891[37] | 1915[37] |
|
See also
[edit]- List of African American newspapers and media outlets
- List of African American newspapers in Alabama
- List of African American newspapers in Georgia
- List of newspapers in Florida
Works cited
[edit]- Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.
- Shedden, David (2019). "Florida Newspaper Chronology, 1783-2001" (PDF). Digital USFSP. University of South Florida St. Petersburg. S2CID 165459724. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- Shofner, Jerrell H. (1983). "Florida". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979. ISBN 9780313222443.
References
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- ^ a b c d e Danky & Hady 1998, p. 118, ¶ 1223.
- ^ "About The Broward times. (Pompano Beach, FL) 19??-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 187, ¶ 1950.
- ^ Shedden 2019, p. 78.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Shofner 1983, p. 104.
- ^ a b c d "About Eatonville speaker. [volume] (Eatonville, Orange County, Fla.) 1889-1???". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Shofner 1983, p. 111.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 613, ¶ 6403.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 170, ¶ 1772.
- ^ Shedden 2019, p. 83.
- ^ a b Shedden 2019, p. 77.
- ^ "Community Press Media Kit No. 001B" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 2020-02-21.
The Community Press is published on the first Friday of the month.
- ^ a b c "Former Chronicle Newspaper Building: Printing the Lives and History of African Americans in St. Lucie County". Florida Stories. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 151, ¶ 1572.
- ^ a b c "About Florida courier. [volume] (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 199?-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Shofner 1983, p. 97.
- ^ a b "About The Gainesville journal. (Gainesville, Fla.) 19??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 245, ¶ 2566.
- ^ a b c "About The new era. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 1865-1874 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress". Retrieved 2020-02-21.
- ^ a b c d e f "About The Florida sentinel. [online resource] (Gainesville, Fla.) 18??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b "About The Florida sentinel. [volume] (Gainesville, Fla.) 18??-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Shofner 1983, p. 105.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 229, ¶ 2400.
- ^ Shofner 1983, pp. 97, 105.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 245, ¶ 2567.
- ^ a b c "About The Jacksonville advocate. [microfilm reel] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 19??-1987". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Shofner 1983, p. 110.
- ^ a b c "About The Jacksonville advocate-free press. [microfilm reel] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1987-1990". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Shofner 1983, p. 103.
- ^ a b c d e f Shofner 1983, p. 102.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 229, ¶ 2392.
- ^ "About The Jacksonville advocate. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 19??-1987". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ "About The Jacksonville advocate-free press. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1987-1990". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 310, ¶ 3256.
- ^ a b Shedden 2019, p. 82.
- ^ a b c d e Shedden 2019, p. 30.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 432, ¶ 4492.
- ^ Shedden 2019, p. 25.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 459, ¶ 4787.
- ^ "About The people's journal. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 18??-1???". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Shofner 1983, p. 100.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 229, ¶ 2399.
- ^ "About Florida star. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1962-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 230, ¶ 2403.
- ^ "About Florida star and news. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 195?-1961". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ "About The Florida sun. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1876-1877". Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b "About The daily sun. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1877-1877". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 568, ¶ 5933.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 230, ¶ 2406.
- ^ a b c d Shofner 1983, p. 101.
- ^ Shofner 1983, p. 96.
- ^ a b c d e Shofner 1983, p. 93.
- ^ Shofner 1983, p. 94.
- ^ a b c d "About The weekly bulletin. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1969-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b Shedden 2019, p. 105.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 262, ¶ 2747.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 261, ¶ 2734.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 262, ¶ 2749.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 338, ¶ 3540.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 362, ¶ 3791.
- ^ a b Shofner 1983, p. 113.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 362, ¶ 3792.
- ^ a b Shedden 2019, p. 50.
- ^ a b c d Shofner 1983, p. 107.
- ^ Shedden 2019, p. 28.
- ^ a b c d e "About Mahogany revue. (Ocala, Fla.) 1988-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d "About The Florida watchman. (Ocala, Fla.) 1924-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 362, ¶ 3790.
- ^ a b "About Central Florida advocate. (Orlando, FL) 199?-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 27, ¶ 275.
- ^ a b Shedden 2019, p. 56.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 230, ¶ 2404.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 446, ¶ 4653.
- ^ a b c Shedden 2019, p. 42.
- ^ Shedden 2019, p. 39.
- ^ a b "About The colored citizen. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1914-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b Shedden 2019, p. 51.
- ^ a b "About Pensacola courier. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1937-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d "About The Pensacola exposure. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1971-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Jasmine Anderson (2018-04-25). "Pensacola Voice closing its doors after 54 years". WEAR TV. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 458, ¶ 4771.
- ^ a b c d e "About Progress Village pioneer. (Progress Village, Tampa, Fla.) 1961-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 122, ¶ 1263.
- ^ "About Saint Augustine post. (St. Augustine, Fla.) 1933-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 499, ¶ 5205.
- ^ a b c d e "About Burning spear. [microfilm reel] (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 1970-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ "About Burning spear. [online resource] (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 1969-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ "About Tri-county challenger. [volume] (St. Petersburg, FL) 19??-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b "About The Weekly challenger. [volume] (St. Petersburg ;) 1966-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d "About The Pinellas Negro weekly. (St. Petersburg, Fla.) 1944-19??". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d Shedden 2019, p. 52.
- ^ a b Danky & Hady 1998, p. 134, ¶ 1388.
- ^ a b c d "About The front / [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 19??-197?". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 261, ¶ 2735.
- ^ a b c Shedden 2019, p. 41.
- ^ a b c d "About The Black journal. (Tampa, FL) 1988-????". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b "About The Tampa bulletin. (Tampa, Fla.) 1914-1959". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 554, ¶ 5778.
- ^ a b Shofner 1983, p. 109.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 229, ¶ 2402.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 554, ¶ 5779.
- ^ a b "About The Tampa guardian. [volume] (Tampa, Fla.) 1873-1886". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c d Danky & Hady 1998, p. 420, ¶ 4367.
- ^ a b "About Florida sentinel bulletin. [volume] (Tampa, Fla.) 1959-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b Shedden 2019, p. 27.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 229, ¶ 2398.
- ^ a b c d e Danky & Hady 1998, p. 352, ¶ 3690.
- ^ a b c Danky & Hady 1998, p. 451, ¶ 4701.
- ^ "About Palm Beach gazette. (Orlando, Fla.) 198?-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-02-20.
- ^ a b c Shedden 2019, p. 29.