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)
Steineck, Lori (Author)
Black, Clinton L. (Author)
Date
1905-1990
Description
Research materials and other notes on T. Thomas Fortune kept by Thelma Thurston Gorham for a research project with student at the time, Clinton L. Black. Some of these materials include a few chapters from his biography by Emma Lou Thornbrough, as well as news articles and correspondence related to this research. There are also photocopies of some chapters from Martin Dann's book "The Black Press," some of Fortune's miscellaneous poetry, and a highlighted clipping from the Washington Bee August, 24, 1880 issue that covers him and the colored national convention.
Genre
Records (Documents)
Language
English
Physical Description
107 pages
Identifier
JGRCMA-MSS2004-1108-B012O-F073
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
African American students
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Time Period
Jim Crow (1877-1964)
Physical Location
Thelma T. Gorham Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.