African Americans of Tampa

SPONSOR THIS BOOK FOR THE SCHOOL OF YOUR CHOICE FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND EVERY MONTH! "It was Listed Among the Greats - Black Authors with Florida Ties!": Colette Bancroft, of the Tampa Bay Times, named several authors with Florida ties as must reads. This book, African Americans of Tampa, was one of them. It was named along with such greats as Zora Neale Hurston, Rosalee Peck, Leonard Pitts and Tananarive Due. Tampa has a fascinating past that has been wonderfully documented with one exception: African-Americans. This culturally rich community is virtually invisible in the eyes of history. Tampa’s population exploded during the early 1900’s, and the building boom universally required the skills and talents of African-Americans, who provided services, labor, and entrepreneurship in a massive form. They played significant roles in everything from Tampa’s wilderness era to its boomtown years and were key players in the first and second Seminole Wars with their Seminole alliance. A