Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project
Most of these oral histories were conducted between 1977 and 1978 as part of the Black History of Tampa Project, sponsored by the Tampa Urban League and the Hillsborough County Museum, under the direction of community activist Otis R. Anthony.
In 1994, Anthony donated the collection to the USF Department of Anthropology, to support its Central Avenue Legacies Project. The Department of Anthropology conducted additional interviews, focusing primarily on Central Avenue and the Afro-Cuban community.
This is an open collection with interviews from other sources, to which more content will be added over time.
Submissions from 2011
Debra Y. Anthony oral history interview, Debra Y. Anthony, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Darlene Harris oral history interview, Darlene Harris, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Ruth McNair oral history interview, Ruth McNair, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
James Tokley oral history interview, Eugene James Tokley, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Submissions from 2009
Homer Aikens, Homer Aikens, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Lydia Lopez Allen, Francisco Lopez, Ferman Lopez, Clemente Mirabel, Lydia Lopez Allen, Francisco Lopez, Ferman Lopez, Clemente Mirabel, University of South Florida -- Tampa Library, and University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program
Lydia Lopez Allen, Lydia Lopez Allen, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Rayford Allen, Rayford Allen, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Miriam Anderson, Miriam Anderson, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
C. Blythe Andrews, C. Blythe Andrews, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Otis Anthony, Otis R. Anthony, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Otis Anthony, Otis R. Anthony, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Askia Muhammad Aquil, Askia Muhammad Aquil, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
John Armwood, John Armwood, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Edwin Artest, Edwin Artest, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Sybil Barnes, Sybil Barnes, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
William Bethel, William O. Bethel, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Rowena Ferrell Brady, Rowena Ferrell Brady, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Betty Brown, Betty Brown, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
John Brown, John Wesley Brown, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Grace Casamayor, Grace Casamayor, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Mary Cash, Mary Cash, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Fannie Coleman, Fannie Coleman, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Jeanette Collins, Jeanette L. Collins, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
John Daniels, John C. Daniels, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Bettye Davis, Bettye Davis, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Mary Alice Dorsett, Mary Alice Dorsett, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, University of South Florida -- Tampa Library, and Black History Research Project of Tampa
A. J. Ferrell, A. J. Ferrell, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Earline Fish, Earline Fish, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Alma Ford, Alma Ford, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Juan M. Garcia, Juan M. Garcia, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Georgette Gardner, Georgette Gardner, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Robert Gilder, Robert L. Gilder, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Coreen Glover, Coreen Glover, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Mathew Gregory, Mathew Gregory, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Ben Griffin, Ben Griffin, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Nelson Griffith, Nelson Griffith, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Sylvia Grinan oral history interview, Sylvia Grinan, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
James Hammond, James A. Hammond, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
James Hargrett, Sr., James T. Hargrett Sr., Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
James Hargrett, Sr., James T. Hargrett Sr., Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Howard F. Harris, Howard F. Harris, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Howard H. Harris, Howard H. Harris, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Perry Harvey, Junior, Perry Harvey Jr., Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Clyde Hudson, Clyde Hudson, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Clemmie Ross James, Ethel Jones, Clemmie Ross James, Ethel Jones, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Jessie Jolliff, Jessie Jolliff, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Warren Jolly, Warren Jolly, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
John Lavelle, John L. Lavelle, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Francisco Lopez, Ferman Lopez, Francisco G. Lopez, Ferman Lopez, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Reverend A. Leon Lowry, A. Leon Lowry, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Bessie McGee, Bessie McGee, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Willie Mickens, Rufus Robinson, Willie Mickens, Rufus Robinson, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Jesse Moore, Rosa Moore, Jesse J. Moore, Rosa Moore, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Jesse Moore, Rosa Moore, Jesse J. Moore, Rosa Moore, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Nick Nuccio, Nick Nuccio, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
G. J. Oates, G. J. Oates Jr., Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Ruben Padgett, Ruben Padgett, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Anna Patterson, Anna Patterson, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Doris Reddick, Doris Reddick, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Harold Reddick, Harold Nathaniel Reddick, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Essie Mae Reed, Essie Mae Reed, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Richard Rishard, Richard Rishard, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Bea Rodriguez, Cheryl Rodriguez, Bea Rodriguez, Cheryl Rodriguez, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Francisco Rodriguez, Junior, Francisco A. Rodriguez Jr., Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Francisco Rodriguez, Senior, Francisco A. Rodriguez Sr., Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Christine Saunders, Christine R. Saunders, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Robert Saunders, Robert W. Saunders, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Mable Sims, Mable Sims, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
G. V. Stewart, Garland V. Stewart, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Samuel Swain, Samuel Swain, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Ruben Taylor, Ruben Taylor, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Augusta Thomas, Augusta Thomas, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Melvin Thomas, Melvin Thomas, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Ulysses Thomas, Christine Thomas, Ulysses R. Thomas and Christine Thomas
Beatrice Waldron, Beatrice Waldron, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Jessie West, Jessie West, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Etta White, Etta White, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Flora Williams, Flora C. Williams, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
John Williams, John Williams, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Charlie Wilson, Charlie G. Wilson, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Sandra Wilson, Sandra Wilson, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
Dorothy York, Dorothy C. York, Black History Research Project of Tampa, University of South Florida Libraries -- Florida Studies Center.|Oral History Program, and University of South Florida -- Tampa Library
