The Jacksonville Advocate Explained

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

• List of African-American newspapers in Florida

Notes and References

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