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Publication Date
10-1-1996
Abstract
The Highwaymen, a group of Florida African-American landscape artists from the Fort Pierce area, are the topic of this 1996 radio report. Alfred “Beanie” Backus is often credited for inspiring and teaching these painters. Jim Fitch, Corrine Gale, Zanobia Jefferson, James Gibson, and Mary Ann Carroll contribute.
Keywords
African Americans, Art, Artists, Painting, Painters, Alfred Earnest Backus (1906-1990), Florida Highwaymen
Extent
00:05:42; 5 page transcript
Subject: geographic
St. Lucie County (Fla.); Fort Pierce (Fla.)
Language
English
Digital Date
2026
Media Type
Audio recordings
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
fhc_audio-1010
Creative Commons
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Dudley, Bill; Fitch, Jim; Gale, Corrine; Jefferson, Zanobia; Gibson, James; and Carroll, Mary Ann, "The Highwaymen" (1996). Florida Humanities Audio Archive. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fhc_audio/11
