The Jacksonville Advocate

The Jacksonville Advocate was a weekly newspaper for African Americans in Jacksonville, Florida established in 1891.[1]

It was succeeded by The Jacksonville Advocate-Free Press from 1987 to 1990[2] and the Jacksonville Free Press.

The University of Florida has a May 30, 1896 edition in its collection posted online.[3]

Ike Williams III served as an editor of the paper.[4]

A Ku Klux Klan member invoked the 5th Amendment but evidence showed he was involved in the bombing of Donal Godfrey's home, a child who had enrolled in the previously all-white Lackawanna Elementary School, and worked to defeat congressman Charles E. Bennett who he sought to replace with a "real white man". Bennett wrote a column that ran in the Advocate.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Jacksonville Advocate (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1891-1???". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  2. "The Jacksonville Advocate-Free Press (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1987-1990". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  3. "UF Digital Collections". ufdc.ufl.edu.
  4. Ortiz, Paul (October 3, 2006). Emancipation Betrayed: The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520250031 – via Google Books.
  5. House, United States Congress (April 16, 1966). "Hearings". U.S. Government Printing Office – via Google Books.


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