Local Black Histories
Dudley Farms Historic State Park
https://www.floridastateparks.org/parks-and-trails/dudley-farm-historic-state-park
Historic Haile Homestead (Kanapaha Plantation)
https://www.hailehomestead.org/
Other Enslaving Plantations in the Gainesville area (now extinct):
Source: E.L. Miller. (1938) Negro Life in Gainesville: A Sociological Study. University of Florida.
The Truth Laid Bare: Lessons from the Ocoee Massacre
Article by Robert Stephens | Fall 2020
Watch the video below
A. Quinn Jones Museum & Cultural Center
https://www.aqjmuseum.org/
Alachua County African and African American Historical Society
New! As of 2021. Contact jgordon07@gmail.com to get involved.
Alachua County Truth & Reconciliation Initiative
https://truth.alachuacounty.us/About
Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center
https://www.cottonclubmuseum.com/
Real Rosewood Foundation, Inc.
https://rosewoodflorida.com
A. Quinn Jones - Educator
See the UF Libraries' online exhibition and visit the A. Quinn Jones Museum to learn more about his legacy
View the digital collection for the A. Quinn Jones Collection
Photograph of A. Quinn Jones, Estelle Bellamy, B. Young Jr. graduating with B.S. Degrees from Florida A and M College 1915.
Alyne Harris - Visual Artist
https://www.jtfolkart.com/alynneharris
View an exhibition of her work at the Historic Thomas Center, open until January 15, 2022!
Jumping the Broom by Alyne Harris
Bo Diddley - Musician
View the finding aid for the Bo Diddley Collection in the UF Special Collections & Area Studies Library
Bo Didley live in Las Vegas, 2011 - with B.B. King, Steve Stevens, Izzy Stradlin, Duff McKagan, Teddy Andreas. & Matt Sorum.