Graduation Year
2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree
M.A.
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Granting Department
Anthropology
Major Professor
Antoinette Jackson, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Sibel Kusimba, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Cheryl Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Keywords
Black Geographies, Events, Heritage, Memory, Rural, Segregation
Abstract
This study focuses on heritage preservation efforts led by Wimauma community members interested in preserving the history and heritage of Wimauma’s Bethune Area—a historically African American community. This study aims to challenge the dominant narratives of Wimauma that erase/silence the tangible and intangible legacy of the Bethune Area. By collecting and drawing upon oral histories from community residents; engaging in participant observations; conducting archival research, my thesis will strive to construct an expanded narrative of Wimauma to include the history and heritage of the Bethune Area and the everyday lives of underrepresented people and families who helped shape Wimauma. This project will analyze the impact and implications of legalized Jim Crow/ racial segregation in the U.S. on sense of place, use of space, and everyday movement/access with an emphasis on heritage preservation efforts.
Scholar Commons Citation
Cooper, Alanah, "“We Will Tend To It”: The Reconstruction Of The Wimauma, Florida’s Bethune Area Through Archival Research And Oral Histories" (2025). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/10934
