Joe M. Richardson Explained

Joe Martin Richardson (died 2015) was an emeritus professor of history and author.^{[1] [2]} He was a history professor at Florida State University from 1964 until 2006.^[3]

He grew up in Stella, Missouri. He graduated from Southwest Missouri State University in 1958.^[2] He earned his master's and doctorate degrees from Florida State University.^[2] He was an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi.^[4] He became friends with James Meredith, an African American student who enrolled there.^[5]

He was married to Patricia Richardson. His daughter Leslie Richardson directs the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Florida International University. His son Andrew Richardson became a chef.^[2]

Books

• The Negro in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877 Florida State University (1965)^[6]
• Talladega College, The First Century, co-authored with Maxine Jones
• The Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker (1974)
• A History of Fisk University, 1865-1946 (1980)
• African Americans in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877 University of Alabama Press (2008)
• Christian Reconstruction: The American Missionary Association and Southern Blacks, 1861-1890 University of Alabama Press (2009)^[7]
• Education for Liberation: The American Missionary Association and African Americans from 1890 to the Civil Rights Movement (2009), co-authored with Maxine Jones^{[8] [9]}

Articles

• "Florida Black Codes"^[10]
• "Florida's Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction, 1865-1872" April 8, 2015

See also

• Canter Brown Jr., historian of similar subjects in Florida
• Larry E. Rivers, historian of similar subjects in Florida

Notes and References

1. Web site: Passing of Prof. Joe M. Richardson | Department of History. history.fsu.edu.
2. Web site: Joe Richardson, noted FSU history professor, dies at 80. Byron. Dobson. Tallahassee Democrat.
3. Web site: Joe M. Richardson.
4. Web site: Joe Martin Richardson.
5. Southwest Missouri State University
6. https://academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/53/1/129/825290
7. Web site: Christian Reconstruction.
8. Joe M. Richardson and Maxine D. Jones, Education for Liberation: The American Missionary Association and African Americans, 1890 to the Civil Rights Movement. Courtney. Lyons. July 1, 2010. The Journal of African American History. 95. 3–4. 444–446. journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon). 10.5323/jafriamerhist.95.3-4.0444. 199865569 . subscription.
9. Book: Education for Liberation: The American Missionary Association and African Americans, 1890 to the Civil Rights Movement . 9780817358488 . 30 September 2015 . University of Alabama Press .
10. Florida Black Codes. Richardson, Joe M.. 1969. The Florida Historical Quarterly. 47. 4. 365–379. 30140241 . JSTOR.