Canter Brown Jr. Explained
Canter Brown Jr. is an American historian, professor and author. He was born in Fort Meade, Florida. He graduates from Fort Meade Middle-High School.[1] He earned degrees at Florida State University. He has taught at Florida A&M University and has worked at Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia. He wrote a book about Florida's African American public officials from 1867 until 1924.[2] [3]
Brown has written on Florida and southern United States history, including Florida's Peace River Frontier, earning him the Florida Historical Society's Rembert W. Patrick Award, and Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor, winner of the Certificate of Commendation of the American Association of State and Local History, about Ossian B. Hart, one of Florida's Reconstruction era governors.[4]
Bibliography
- The Supreme Court of Florida, 1917-1972 (2007) co-authored with Walter Manley
- None Could Have Richer Memories: Polk County Since 1940 (Tampa, 2004)
- In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living: Polk County to 1940 (Tallahassee, 2001)
- Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895 (Gainesville, 2001) with Larry E. Rivers.
- Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives: The Florida Reminiscences of George Gillett Keen and Sarah Pamela Williams (Columbia, 2000) with James M. Denham
- The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917 (1998) co-authored with Walter Manley Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924, Tuscaloosa (1998)
- Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor, Baton Rouge (1997)
- Fort Meade, 1849-1900 (Tuscaloosa, 1995)
- Florida's Peace River Frontier, Orlando (1991)
- Mary Edwards Bryan : Her Early Life and Works by Canter Brown Jr. and Larry Eugene Rivers
- Henry Bradley Plant: Gilded Age Dreams for Florida and a New South by Canter Brown Jr.
- Tampa in Civil War and Reconstruction by Brown, Canter, Jr.[5]
Notes and References
- https://www.polkschoolsfl.com/community/recognitionprograms/halloffame/dr__edgar_canter_brown_jr_
- Web site: 2 Aug 1998, 80 - The Tampa Tribune at Newspapers.com. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Political history of blacks fills pages.
- https://www.flsouthern.edu/flhistory/brown.htm Canter Brown, Jr.
- Reviewed work: Tampa in the Civil War and Reconstruction, Canter Brown, Jr. 40584427. Coles. David J.. Brown. Canter. The Georgia Historical Quarterly. 2001. 85. 2. 317–319.
