The Jacksonville Advocate
The Jacksonville Advocate was a weekly newspaper for African Americans in Jacksonville, Florida established in 1891.[1] It was succeeded by The Jacksonville Advocate-Free Press from 1987 to 1990[2] and the Jacksonville Free Press.
Ike Williams III served as an editor of the paper.[3]
A Ku Klux Klan member invoked the 5th Amendment but evidence showed he was involved in the bombing of Donal Godfrey's home, a child who had enrolled in the previously all-white Lackawanna Elementary School, and worked to defeat congressman Charles E. Bennett who he sought to replace with a "real white man". Bennett wrote a column that ran in the Advocate.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jacksonville Advocate (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1891-1???". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ "The Jacksonville Advocate-Free Press (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1987-1990". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ Ortiz, Paul (October 3, 2006). Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520250031 – via Google Books.
- ^ House, United States Congress (April 16, 1966). "Hearings". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.
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