The Florida Slave: Interviews with Ex-Slaves WPA Writers Project, 1930s and Testimony of Ex-Slaves Joint Congressional Committee Jacksonville, 1871 - Softcover

Stetson Kennedy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1886104484 ISBN 13: 9781886104488

Publisher: The Florida Historical Society Press, 2011

Synopsis

In the writings of Stetson Kennedy, edication and social action are constantly joined. Generations of human rights advocates have used Stetson's investigative reporting and research to improve the conditions of agricultural workers, women, Latinos, and many others. Stetson Kennedy's pursuit of honesty, social equality, and freedom was unparalleled. He told the stories of America's forgotten people.
Dr. Paul Ortiz, DirectorL
Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
University of Florida

About this title

About the Author

Author and activist Stetson Kennedy was born in Jacksonville, Florida on October 5, 1916, and he died there on August 27, 2011. This book, The Florida Slave, was the last project he completed. Stetson Kennedy was a human rights activist and author of many books on Florida history and culture. He was head of the Florida Writers Project unit on folklore, oral history, and socio-ethnic studies between 1937 and 1942, resulting in the classic book Palmetto Country. Following World War II, Kennedy infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, and experience he detailed in the book The Klan Unmasked. In this newly compiled and edited work, Stetson Kennedy offers a fresh perspective on this collectio of Florida slave narratives and their relevance to contemporary society.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Florida Historical Society Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1886104484
• ISBN 13: 9781886104488
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 301