Black Florida: A Photographic History (1513 - 2000) Dr. Marvin Dunn

Dr. Marvin Dunn, a historian, author and retired professor from Florida International University, has brought together this important exhibit. Dr. Dunn has collected thousands of images, documents and photographs depicting the entire span of black existence in Florida since the arrival of the conquistadors in 1513. Many of the images in this exhibit appeared in Dr. Dunn’s book, Black Miami in the Twentieth Century which traces the triumphs, drudgery, horrors and courage of African Americans during the first hundred years of Miami’s history. A traveling photographic exhibit For more information, visit: www.camillushouse.org/camillus_resources/ Assembled by Dr. Marvin Dunn history_of_black_miami.php The exhibit is funded by a grant from American Express

Exhibit Organizer: Broward County African-American Research Library and Cultural Center

Visit Broward County Library on the World Wide Web at African-American Research www.broward.org/library Library and Cultural Center Broward County Board of County Commissioners Sue Gunzburger • Kristin D. Jacobs • Albert C. Jones • Ken Keechl • Ilene Lieberman 2650 Sistrunk Blvd. Stacy Ritter • John E. Rodstrom, Jr. • Diana Wasserman-Rubin • Lois Wexler Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 954-625-2810 his traveling photographic exhibit features nearly one T hundred captioned photographs and images depicting the presence of people of African descent in Florida from the arrival of the Spanish in 1513 through the civil rights era of the 1960s, up to the Millennium.

lorida communities F from Key West to Pensacola are included. egro Abraham, was one of the best known black Many of the photographs N Seminoles, shown standing, third from the left. He have never been shown was an interpreter for the Indians in their dealings with publicly. Whites. He was described by Army Officers who knew him as being articulate, shrewd, and very influential; almost “French-like” in his bearing. Also shown are Seminole Chiefs’ Billy Bowlegs and John Jumper.

ubject areas of the exhibit are the colonial era, he photographs and images were drawn from S slavery, Black Seminoles, Reconstruction, anti- T the Dunn Collection. Dr. Marvin Dunn a retired black violence, education, the black church and professor from Florida International University has blacks at work in the building of the state of Florida. collected hundreds of rare photographs and images related to the presence of blacks in Florida during xposure to these more than two decades of research and travel E rare and compelling around the state. images will heighten the awareness of the public about the cultural and historical contributions of African-Americans to The exhibition highlights the rich cultural the history and heritage and contributions of people of development of the African descent in Florida. state of Florida.