DOCSLIB.ORG

The Florida Historical Quarterly

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Florida Historical Quarterly COVER In the late 1910s, the Fellsmere Farms Company attempted unsuccessfully to convert a portion of the state’s “watery places” into a productive agricultural community. The cover photograph depicts a surveyor’s party near Fellsmere circa 1911. Photo- graph courtesy of Walter Siewert Collection, Special Collections, Evans Library, Florida Insti- tute of Technology. The Historical Volume LXXVI, Number 1 Summer 1997 The Florida Historical Quarterly (ISSN 0015-4113) is published quarterly by the Flor- ida Historical Society, 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32935, and is printed by E. O. Painter Printing Co., DeLeon Springs, FL. Second-class postage paid at Tampa, FL, and at additional mailing office. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Florida Historical Quarterly 1320 Highland Avenue, Melbourne, FL 32935. Copyright 1997 by the Florida Historical Society, Melbourne, Florida. THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Kari Frederickson, Editor Samuel Proctor, Editor Emeritus Nancy Rauscher, Editorial Assistant EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Raymond O. Arsenault, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg William S. Coker, University of West Florida David R. Colburn, University of Florida James B. Crooks, University of North Florida Kathleen Deagan, University of Florida Wayne Flynt, Auburn University Michael V. Gannon, University of Florida Maxine D. Jones, Florida State University Harry A. Kersey, Jr., Florida Atlantic University Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University Eugene Lyon, Flagler College John K. Mahon, University of Florida Raymond A. Mohl, University of Alabama at Birmingham Gary R. Mormino, University of South Florida Theda Perdue, University of Kentucky Gerald E. Poyo, St. Mary’s University Joe M. Richardson, Florida State University William W. Rogers, Florida State University Daniel L. Schafer, University of North Florida Correspondence concerning contribution, books for review, and all editorial matters should be addressed to the Editor, Florida Historical Quarterly, Department of History, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 32816-1350. The Quarterly is interested in articles and documents pertaining to the history of Florida. Sources, style, footnote form, originality of material and interpretation, clarity of thought, and interest of readers are considered. All copy should be dou- ble spaced and about 25 pages or 6,000 words. Footnotes are to be numbered con- secutively in the text. Documentation should conform to The Chicago Manual of Style. THE AUTHOR SHOULD SUBMIT AN ORIGINAL AND A PHOTOCOPY, RETAINING A COPY FOR SECURITY. Authors are also asked to submit articles on a diskette in IBM WordPerfect 5.1. The Florida Historical Society and the editor of the Florida Historical Quarterly accept no responsibility for statements made or opin- ions held by authors. The Quarterly reviews books dealin,g with all aspects of Florida history. Books to be reviewed should be sent to the editor together with price and information on how they may be ordered. Table of Contents DITCHES AND DREAMS: NELSON FELL AND THE RISE OF FELLSMERE Gordon Patterson 1 SOMETHING MORE THAN A CREED: MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE’S AIM OF INTEGRATED AUTONOMY AS DIRECTOR OF NEGRO AFFAIRS Christopher E. Linsin 20 “SO GOES THE NEGRO”: RACE AND LABOR IN MIAMI, 1940-1963 Eric Tscheschlok 42 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS EDISON AND THE LIGHTING OF FORT MYERS Michele W. Albion 68 VOLUSIA: THE ORIGIN OF A NAME Donald C. Gaby 76 FLORIDA HISTORY IN PERIODICALS . .......................................... 81 BOOK REVIEWS . ........................................................................ 87 BOOK NOTES . ............................................................... 119 HISTORY NEWS . ........................................................................ 122 DIRECTORS MEETING . ......................................................................... 128 BOOK REVIEWS THE FLORIDA KEYS: A HISTORY OF THE PIONEERS, by John Viele reviewed by Rodney E. Dillon, Jr. FATAL GLORY: NARCISO LOPEZ AND THE FIRST CLANDESTINE U.S. WAR AGAINST CUBA, by Tom Chaffin reviewed by Antonio Rafael de la Cova FROM WELCOMED EXILES TO ILLEGAL IMIMIGRANTS: CUBAN MIGRATION TO THE U.S., 1959-1995, by Felix Masud-Piloto reviewed by Paul S. George A CENTURY OF CUBAN WRITERS IN FLORIDA, edited by Carolina Hospital and Jorge Cantera reviewed by Humberto López Cruz THE PALEOINDIAN AND EARLY ARCHAIC SOUTHEAST, edited by David G. Anderson and Kenneth E. Sassaman reviewed by Marion S. Gilliland INTERPRETING EARLY AMERICA: HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS, by Jack P. Greene reviewed by Meaghan N. Duff THE MAKING OF SACAGAWEA: A EURO-AMERICAN LEGEND, by Donna J. Kessler reviewed by Susan E. Myers-Shirk LOUISA S. MCCORD: POEMS, DRAMA, BIOGRAPHY, LETTERS, edited by Richard C. Lounsbury reviewed by Suzanne Marshall A REFUGE FOR ALL AGES: IMMIGRATION IN LOUISIANA HISTORY, edited by Carl A. Bras- seaux reviewed by Ethan Grant ADMIRAL DAVID DIXON PORTER: THE CIVIL WAR YEARS, by Chester G. Hearn reviewed by Royce Shingleton ONE DIES, GET ANOTHER: CONVICT LEASING IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH, 1866-1928, by Matthew J. Mancini reviewed by Larry E. Rivers VARIETIES OF SOUTHERN HISTORY: NEW ESSAYS ON A REGION AND ITS PEOPLE, edited by Bruce Clayton and John Salmond reviewed by George B. Ellenberg HUEY AT 100: CENTENNIAL ESSAYS ON HUEY P. LONG, edited by Glen Jeansonne reviewed by Michael David Tegeder HARRY BYRD OF VIRGINIA, by Ronald L. Heinemann reviewed by Glenn Feldman SOCIALIZING SECURITY: PROGRESSIVE-ERA, ECONOMISTS AND THE ORIGINS OF AMERI- CAN SOCIAL POLICY, by David A. Moss reviewed by Eric Thomas RACE, POVERTY AND AMERICAN CITIES, edited by John Charles Boger and Judith Welch Wegner reviewed by Brian Adkins WHEN DEMPSEY FOUGHT TUNNEY: HEROES, HOKUM, AND STORYTELLING IN THE JAZZ AGE, by Bruce J. Evensen reviewed by Jack E. Davis REVERSING COURSE: CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICY, DOMESTIC POLITICS, AND THE FAILURE OF REFORM, by David Skidmore reviewed by Thomas F. Wagy Ditches and Dreams: Nelson Fell and the Rise of Fellsmere by GORDON PATTERSON N April 28, 1911, both the St. Lucie Tribune and the Fort Pierce O News published descriptions of an innovative land develop- ment project. The Fellsmere Farms Company proposed to drain 118,000 acres of land at the headwaters of the St. Johns River. Since 1910, the newly formed corporation had “shunned publicity, pre- ferring to devote all the time, energy and money to development work.“1 Fellsmere Farms Company was the brainchild of Nelson Fell, an itinerant Englishman and hydraulic engineer with more than three decades of experience in directing land development in Florida. The company’s unusual name, a 1913 sales brochure ex- plained, was a combination of the founder’s name and the word “mere,” which meant “a great watery place.“2 Fell intended the Fellsmere Farms Company to be the culmination of his life’s work. Unfortunately, Fell and his associates underestimated the chal- lenge of turning a “great watery place” into rich farmland. Six years later, in 1917, the Fellsmere Tribune announced “the close of . the greatest and most complete drainage proposition in Florida.“3 Thirty-three miles of levies had been constructed, and 67 miles of canals and 215 miles of drainage ditches had been dug.4 The project’s magnitude, however, proved greater than Nelson Fell’s resources. In 1916, Fellsmere Farms Company was forced into re- ceivership. A number of factors contributed to the company’s de- mise. Skepticism about Florida land promotions, concern about the intensifying international crisis, and the outbreak of World War I robbed the company of needed capital. Poor management of the sales program further complicated the company’s perilous posi- Gordon Patterson is professor of humanities at Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne. 1. Fort Pierce News, April 28, 1911. 2. “Fellsmere Farms Florida,” sales brochure, Fellsmere Sales Company, June 1913, 6, Walter Siewert Collection, Special Collections, Evans Library, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne. 3. Fellsmere Tribune, January 13, 1917. 4. Ibid. [1] 2 FLORIDA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY tion. On July 31, 1915, nature delivered a final, devastating blow. Torrential rains forced many to flee. Eight inches of rain fell on the already waterlogged land. The company struggled to repair the damage, but ultimately, the task proved too great. On January 1, 1917, the assets of Fellsmere Farms Company were sold to the high- est bidder at the courthouse door in Fort Pierce.5 The rise and fall of the Fellsmere Farms Company reveals much about the nature of Florida in the first decades of the twenti- eth century. Fellsmere was part of the larger campaign to transform Florida’s marshes, swamps, and “watery places” into productive farms and communities. The story of Nelson Fell’s attempt to cre- ate an agricultural community at the headwaters of the St. Johns of- fers an insight into the formative stages of the technological optimism that has determined much of Florida’s history in the twentieth century.6 E. Nelson Fell was born in Nelson, New Zealand, in 1857, the youngest son of Alfred Fell, a native Englishman and proprietor of a “tremendously successful” wholesale business.7 In 1859, Alfred Fell returned to England with his wife and seven children. Fell’s fa- ther sent him to the prestigious Rugby School and to the Royal School of Mines. Later Nelson spent a year in Heidelberg studying German engineering techniques before taking a job working for his older brother Arthur. Over the next thirty years, the elder Fell dispatched his brother around the
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Dedication and Opening of Stetson Kennedy's Literary Landmark Home
    DEDICATION AND OPENING OF STETSON KENNEDY'S LITERARY LANDMARK HOME St. Johns County and the Stetson Kennedy Foundation will dedicate the Stetson Kennedy home and museum as a National Literary Landmark from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on November 16 at Beluthahatchee Park, 1523 State Road 13. In 2004, Kennedy’s home was designated a National Literary Landmark by the American Library Association as the site where Kennedy’s friend Woody Guthrie wrote his autobiography Seeds of Man. Beluthahatchee is now a landmark in Kennedy’s name, as well as, the only National Literary Landmark honoring two writers. The dedication of the National Literary Landmark plaque, the opening of Kennedy’s home to the public, and the dedication of the Gerald and Edith Kennedy Hart House will be held from 12 – 4 p.m., with a short ceremony at 1 p.m. Visitors will see the virtual tour of the cottage, portions of the film The Soul of a People, and footage from the upcoming documentary on Kennedy’s life. Beluthahatchee Park is located approximately 1.5 miles south of Julington Creek on the east side of State Road 13. Parking and shuttle service to the park will be available from the Bartram Trail Library and Alpine Grove Park from 11:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. According to Andrea Kalin, producer of the documentary film The Soul of a People, Stetson Kennedy was the last known surviving writer of the 8,000 writers and editors employed nationally in the Federal Writers Project during the 1930's New Deal.
    [Show full text]
  • Information to Users
    INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g., maps, drawings, charts) are reproduced by sectioning the original, beginning at the upper left-hand comer and continuing from left to right in equal sections with small overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back of the book. Photographs included in the original manuscript have been reproduced xerographically in this copy. Higher quality 6” x 9” black and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustrations appearing in this copy for an additional charge. Contact UMI directly to order. UMI A Bell & Howell Infonnation Company 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor MI 48106-1346 USA 313/761-4700 800/521-0600 KLÀNNISHNESS AND THE KU KLUX KLAN: THE RHETORIC AND ETHICS OF GENRE THEORY DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Brian Robert McGee, B.S., M.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Jacksonville Civil Rights History Timelinetimeline 1St Revision 050118
    Jacksonville Civil Rights History TimelineTimeline 1st Revision 050118 Formatted: No underline REVISION CODES Formatted: Underline Formatted: Centered Strike through – delete information Yellow highlight - paragraph needs to be modified Formatted: Highlight Formatted: Centered Green highlight - additional research needed Formatted: Highlight Formatted: Highlight Grey highlight - combine paragraphs Formatted: Highlight Light blue highlight – add reference/footnote Formatted: Highlight Formatted: Highlight Grey highlight/Green underline - additional research and combine Formatted: Highlight Formatted: Highlight Red – keep as a reference or footnote only Formatted: Highlight Formatted: Thick underline, Underline color: Green, Highlight Formatted: Thick underline, Underline color: Green, Highlight Formatted: Highlight Formatted: No underline, Underline color: Auto Page 1 of 54 Jacksonville Civil Rights History TimelineTimeline 1st Revision 050118 Formatted: Font: Not Bold 1564 Fort Caroline was built by French Huguenots along St. Johns Bluff under the Formatted: Font: Not Bold, Strikethrough command of Rene Goulaine de Laudonniere. The greater majority of the settlers Formatted: Strikethrough were also Huguenots, but were accompanied by a small number of Catholics, Formatted: Font: Not Bold, Strikethrough agnostic and “infidels”. One historian identified the “infidels” as freemen from Formatted: Strikethrough Africa. Formatted: Font: Not Bold, Strikethrough Formatted: Strikethrough 1813 A naturalized American citizen of British ancestry, Zephaniah Kingsley moved to Formatted: Font: Not Bold, Strikethrough Fort George Island at the mouth of the St. Johns River. Pledging allegiance to Formatted: Strikethrough Spanish authority, Kingsley became wealthy as an importer of merchant goods, Formatted: Font: Not Bold, Strikethrough seafarer, and slave trader. He first acquired lands at what is now the City of Orange Formatted: Strikethrough Park. There he established a plantation called Laurel Grove.
    [Show full text]
  • Ruination Day”
    Woody Guthrie Annual, 4 (2018): Fernandez, “Ruination Day” “Ruination Day”: Gillian Welch, Woody Guthrie, and Disaster Balladry1 Mark F. Fernandez Disasters make great art. In Gillian Welch’s brilliant song cycle, “April the 14th (Part 1)” and “Ruination Day,” the Americana songwriter weaves together three historical disasters with the “tragedy” of a poorly attended punk rock concert. The assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, and the epic dust storm that took place on what Americans call “Black Sunday” in 1935 all serve as a backdrop to Welch’s ballad, which also revolves around the real scene of a failed punk show that she and musical partner David Rawlings had encountered on one of their earlier tours. The historical disasters in question all coincidentally occurred on the fourteenth day of April. Perhaps even more important, the history of Welch’s “Ruination Day” reveals the important relationship between history and art as well as the enduring relevance of Woody Guthrie’s influence on American songwriting.2 Welch’s ouevre, like Guthrie’s, often nods to history. From the very instruments that she and Rawlings play to the themes in her original songs to the tunes she covers, she displays a keen awareness and reverence for the past. The sonic quality of her recordings, along with her singing and musical style, also echo the past. This historical quality is quite deliberate. Welch and Rawlings play vintage instruments to achieve much of that sound. Welch’s axes are all antiques—her main guitar is a 1956 Gibson J-50.
    [Show full text]
  • Center for Public History
    Volume 8 • Number 2 • spriNg 2011 CENTER FOR PUBLIC HISTORY Oil and the Soul of Houston ast fall the Jung Center They measured success not in oil wells discovered, but in L sponsored a series of lectures the dignity of jobs well done, the strength of their families, and called “Energy and the Soul of the high school and even college graduations of their children. Houston.” My friend Beth Rob- They did not, of course, create philanthropic foundations, but ertson persuaded me that I had they did support their churches, unions, fraternal organiza- tions, and above all, their local schools. They contributed their something to say about energy, if own time and energies to the sort of things that built sturdy not Houston’s soul. We agreed to communities. As a boy, the ones that mattered most to me share the stage. were the great youth-league baseball fields our dads built and She reflected on the life of maintained. With their sweat they changed vacant lots into her grandfather, the wildcatter fields of dreams, where they coached us in the nuances of a Hugh Roy Cullen. I followed with thoughts about the life game they loved and in the work ethic needed later in life to of my father, petrochemical plant worker Woodrow Wilson move a step beyond the refineries. Pratt. Together we speculated on how our region’s soul—or My family was part of the mass migration to the facto- at least its spirit—had been shaped by its famous wildcat- ries on the Gulf Coast from East Texas, South Louisiana, ters’ quest for oil and the quest for upward mobility by the the Valley, northern Mexico, and other places too numerous hundreds of thousands of anonymous workers who migrat- to name.
    [Show full text]
  • Meet Me at the Flagpole: Thoughts About Houston’S Legacy of Obscurity and Silence in the Fight of Segregation and Civil Right Struggles
    Meet Me at the Flagpole: Thoughts about Houston’s Legacy of Obscurity and Silence in the fight of Segregation and Civil Right Struggles Bernardo Pohl Abstract This article focuses on the segregated history and civil right movement of Houston, using it as a case study to explore more meaningfully the teaching of this particular chapter in American history. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I remember the day very clearly. It was an evening at Cullen Auditorium at Uni- versity of Houston. It was during the fall of 2002, and it was the end of my student teach- ing. Engulfed in sadness, I sat alone and away from my friends. For me, it was the end of an awesome semester of unforgettable moments and the start of my new teaching career. I was not really aware of the surroundings; I did not have a clue about what I was about to experience. After all, I just said yes and agreed to another invitation made by Dr. Cam- eron White, my mentor and professor. I did not have any idea about the play or the story that it was about to start. The word “Camp Logan” did not evoke any sense of familiarity in me; it did not resonate in my memory. Besides, my mind was somewhere else: it was in the classroom that I left that morning; it was in the goodbye party that my students prepared for me; and it was in the uncertain future that was ahead of me.
    [Show full text]
  • The Alan Lomax Photographs and the Music of Williamsburg (1959-1960)
    W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 2010 The Alan Lomax Photographs and the Music of Williamsburg (1959-1960) Peggy Finley Aarlien College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons, History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, and the Music Commons Recommended Citation Aarlien, Peggy Finley, "The Alan Lomax Photographs and the Music of Williamsburg (1959-1960)" (2010). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539626612. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-b3tk-nh55 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE ALAN LOMAX PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE MUSIC OF WILLIAMSBURG (1959-1960) Peggy Finley Aarlien Niirnberg, Germany Master of Arts, Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology, 2001 Bachelor of Arts, Norwegian University of Sciences and Technology, 1995 A Thesis presented to the Graduate Faculty of the College of William and Mary in Candidacy for the Degree of Masters of Arts The American Studies Program The College of William and Mary August 2010 APPROVAL PAGE This Thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters o f Arts Approved by the Committee, June, 2010 Professor Grey Gundaker The American Studies Program / Dr^Gj/affle^MjbGovern he Anwiqfin SJMdies*4*f©gi2iiT^^ 'w / G' fgG Arthur Rrnignt j” The American Studies Program ABSTRACT PACE On July 19, 2002, folklorist Alan Lomax died at the age of 87.
    [Show full text]
  • A Digital Media Exploration of the Federal Writers' Project's Folk Song Collecting Expeditions in Depression Era Florida
    University of Central Florida STARS Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 2018 A Digital Media Exploration of the Federal Writers' Project's Folk Song Collecting Expeditions in Depression Era Florida Holly Baker University of Central Florida Part of the Public History Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Masters Thesis (Open Access) is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STARS Citation Baker, Holly, "A Digital Media Exploration of the Federal Writers' Project's Folk Song Collecting Expeditions in Depression Era Florida" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2004-2019. 6000. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/6000 A DIGITAL MEDIA EXPLORATION OF THE FEDERAL WRITERS’ PROJECT’S FOLK SONG COLLECTING EXPEDITIONS IN DEPRESSION ERA FLORIDA by HOLLY BAKER B.A. University of Central Florida, 2014 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Summer Term 2018 © 2018 Holly Baker ii ABSTRACT This digital thesis project examines the folk song collecting expeditions of the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) in Florida between 1935 and 1942. The FWP carried out numerous folk music collecting expeditions in Florida through the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Folklorists such as Zora Neale Hurston, Alan Lomax, and Stetson Kennedy led the expeditions and traveled throughout Florida to record blues, “jook” songs, work songs, and traditional music from African American, Cuban, Czech, Greek, Minorcan, Seminole, and Slavic communities.
    [Show full text]
  • Looking for Zora Neale Hurston on the Florida Federal Writer's
    !1 Race and Reputation: Looking for Zora Neale Hurston on the Florida Federal Writer’s Project Katharine G. Haddad Honors History Thesis Dr. Lauren Pearlman April 5, 2017 !2 Table of Contents Abstract...................................................................................................................................Page 3 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4-8 Chapter One: Foundations of the Federal Writer’s Project........................................................9-14 Chapter Two: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston........................................................................15-27 Chapter Three: Flaws of the Florida Chapter...........................................................................28-38 Chapter Four: Hurston vs. Racial Discrimination………………………………………...….39-48 Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………….49-53 !3 Abstract This research looks at the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston, specifically her time as part of the Florida chapter of the Federal Writer’s Project (FWP), a New Deal initiative. Most prior research on the time Hurston spent on the project focuses on her relationship with Stetson Kennedy and their joint collection of Florida folklore. However, this focus overlooks the themes of racial discrimination which I argue plagued the Florida chapter of the FWP from the top down. This research draws heavily upon both primary and secondary sources including published letters from the
    [Show full text]
  • The Catholic Church in the Diocese of Galveston-Houston and Desegregation, 1945–1984
    Edinburgh Research Explorer The Catholic Church in the Diocese of Galveston-Houston and desegregation, 1945–1984 Citation for published version: Newman, M 2020, 'The Catholic Church in the Diocese of Galveston-Houston and desegregation, 1945–1984', Southwestern Historical Quarterly, vol. CXXIV, no. 1, pp. 16-48. Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Peer reviewed version Published In: Southwestern Historical Quarterly General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 27. Sep. 2021 1 The Catholic Church in the Diocese of Galveston-Houston and Desegregation, 1945–1984 BY MARK NEWMAN* Born in Houston in 1943, Madeline E. Johnson, a member of St. Nicholas, an African American Catholic church founded in Houston’s Third Ward in 1887, recalled that in her youth she and a cousin once attended Mass at Our Mother of Mercy, a Creole of color church in the Fifth Ward. To her shock and surprise, an usher pushed her and her cousin aside at the altar rail until the last Creole had received communion.
    [Show full text]
  • Hoodwinked the New York Ti
    Page 1 11 of 366 DOCUMENTS The New York Times January 8, 2006 Sunday Late Edition - Final Hoodwinked? BYLINE: By Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt. Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt are the authors of ''Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything.'' Some of the documentary evidence discussed in this column is at www.freakonomics.com SECTION: Section 6; Column 2; Magazine; THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 01-08-06: FREAKONOMICS; Pg. 26 LENGTH: 1488 words Information Asymmetries Our book ''Freakonomics'' includes a chapter titled ''How Is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents?'' This chapter was our effort to bring to life the economic concept known as information asymmetry, a state wherein one party to a transaction has better information than another party. It is probably obvious that real-estate agents typically have better information than their clients. The Klan story was perhaps less obvious. We argued that the Klan's secrecy -- its rituals, made-up language, passwords and so on -- formed an information asymmetry that furthered its aim of terro- rizing blacks and others. But the Klan was not the hero of our story. The hero was a man named Stetson Kennedy, a white Floridian from an old-line family who from an early age sought to assail racial and social injustices. Out of all of his crusades -- for un- ionism, voting rights and numberless other causes -- Kennedy is best known for taking on the Klan in the 1940's. In his book ''The Klan Unmasked'' (originally published in 1954 as ''I Rode With the Ku Klux Klan''), Kennedy describes how he adopted a false identity to infiltrate the Klan's main chapter in Atlanta, was chosen to serve as a ''klavalier'' (a Klan strong-arm man) and repeatedly found himself at the center of astonishing events, all the while courting great personal risk.
    [Show full text]
  • How's Your Garage?
    MandarinNewsLineSM SERVING THE MANDARIN COMMUNITY SINCE 2006 M EMBER OF THE RT PUBLISHING GROUP OF COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS Volume 8, Issue 1 Visit our online edition at www.mandarinnewsline.com October 2012 Safety tips to help reduce upswing of Local students learn real traffi c accidents in Mandarin world compassion By Karl Kennell By Contributing Writer Talie Zaifert, Martin J. Gottlieb Day School the Mandarin area. Eight were At the Martin J. Got- drug or alcohol related. Most tlieb Day School, students of the fatalities were caused by not only get an exceptional careless driving which encom- 21st century academic edu- passes many violations such cation, they are also receiv- as texting while driving and ing an “award-winning” following too closely. Another Values Education which is issue that is rising in Jackson- imparted through experi- ville citywide is the number ence. of vehicle/pedestrian crashes. Every Friday, during the In 2011 there were 11 traffi c Jewish Studies block, mid- fatalities involving pedestrians dle school students leave and as of September 14, 2012 campus to put into action there have been 23. Of the 23 what they are learning in crashes, three occurred in Zone class. For example, the stu- 3 which represents 12 percent dents learn the importance of the total. of feeding the hungry by The Jacksonville Sheriff ’s preparing lunch bags to be Offi ce is proactively addressing delivered to the families of the fatalities and traffi c crashes MaliVai Washington Foun- through prevention, interven- dation, volunteering at the The Jacksonville Sher- as the zone commander for the tion and enforcement.
    [Show full text]