History of African Americans in Corpus Christi Told Through Photographs

Jan. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- New from Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is African Americans in Corpus Christi by local authors Bruce A. Glasrud, Mary Jo O’Rear, Gloria Randle Scott, Cecilia Gutierrez Venable, and Henry J. Williams. This pictorial history boasts more than 200 vintage images, providing readers with a unique opportunity to reconnect with the history that shaped their community.

From slavery to freedom, to education, to achievement: these words reflect the goals of African Americans who first came as slaves with the Spanish to this part of the Texas coast.

Freed by the Civil War on Juneteenth (June 19, 1865), blacks soon established an active and viable community, a significant part of which was defined by the black churches. Prominent leaders emerged, including Solomon Melvin Coles, H. Boyd Hall, Rufus Avery, and Gloria Randle Scott.

Using photographs from individual collections, as well as the Corpus Christi Public Library, Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History, and Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, African Americans in Corpus Christi reveals the history and people of Corpus Christi.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.

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