Thomas Fortune notes
Item
Title
Thomas Fortune notes
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Type
Text
Creator
Gorham, Thelma Thurston (Creator)
Fortune, Timothy Thomas, 1856-1928 (Author)
Thornbrough, Emma Lou (Author)
Dann, Martin E. (Author)
Varner, Jon (Author)
Allman, Jean Marie (Author)
Roediger, David R. (Author)
Date
1984-1991
Description
Research materials on Timothy Thomas Fortune from the Thelma Thurston Gorham collection. This includes an article on him by Emma Lou Thornbrough, a few chapters from "The Black Press" by Martin Dann, and an African reading list from the National Association of Black Journalists. In addition, there is correspondence with inquiries on Fortune, different articles on him by various authors, pieces written by Fortune himself, and a review of scholarship from Afro-Americans in New York Life and History. There is also recognition forms for Fortune from the FL House of Representatives and a quote for a bronze statue to be erected of him.
Genre
Records (Documents)
Language
English
Physical Description
67 pages
Identifier
JGRCMA-MSS2004-1108-B012O-F072
Topics
African American journalists
African American women--Education
African American women in higher education
African American press
Press releases
African American professional employees
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Civil rights--History
Black Codes
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)
Physical Location
Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.