I know Florida.
A casual glance at most Florida History books depict African Americans prima.
People of African descent have been in Florida from the arrival of Ponce de Leon in 1513, yet our presence in the state is virtually hidden.
This book is about both.
I have seen her flowers and her warts.
For three quarters of a century I have lived mostly in Florida.
I was born in Florida during the reign of Jim Crow and have lived to see Black astronauts blasted into the heavens from Cape Canaveral.
I know Florida