Canter Brown Jr. is an American historian, professor and author. He was born in

Fort Meade, Florida Fort Meade is a city in Polk County, Florida, United States. , the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 5,100. It is part of the Lakeland– Winter Haven Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city was named for George Meade, a ...

. He graduates from Fort Meade Middle-High School. He earned degrees at

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. He has taught at

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and has worked at

Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University (FVSU; formerly Fort Valley State College and Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School) is a public land-grant historically black university in Fort Valley, Georgia, United States. It is part of the University Syste ...

Fort Valley, Georgia Fort Valley is a city in and the county seat of Peach County, Georgia, Peach County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 8,780. The city is in the Warner R ...

. He wrote a book about Florida's African American public officials from 1867 until 1924. Brown has written on Florida and

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history, including ''Florida's Peace River Frontier'', earning him the

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's Rembert W. Patrick Award, and ''Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor'', winner of the Certificate of Commendation of the American Association of State and Local History, about Ossian B. Hart, one of Florida's

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governors. He wrote ''Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924'' documenting the many early black political leaders in Florida especially during the

Bibliography

*''The Supreme Court of Florida, 1917-1972'' (2007) co-authored with Walter Manley *''None Could Have Richer Memories: Polk County Since 1940'' (Tampa, 2004) *''In the Midst of All That Makes Life Worth Living: Polk County to 1940'' (Tallahassee, 2001) *''Laborers in the Vineyard of the Lord: The Beginnings of the AME Church in Florida, 1865-1895'' (Gainesville, 2001) with Larry E. Rivers. *''Cracker Times and Pioneer Lives: The Florida Reminiscences of George Gillett Keen and Sarah Pamela Williams'' (Columbia, 2000) with James M. Denham *''The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917'' (1998) co-authored with Walter Manley *''Florida's Black Public Officials, 1867-1924'', Tuscaloosa (1998) *''Ossian Bingley Hart: Florida's Loyalist Reconstruction Governor'', Baton Rouge (1997) *''Fort Meade, 1849-1900'' (Tuscaloosa, 1995) *''Florida's Peace River Frontier'', Orlando (1991) *''Mary Edwards Bryan : Her Early Life and Works'' by Canter Brown Jr. and Larry Eugene Rivers *''Henry Bradley Plant: Gilded Age Dreams for Florida and a New South'' by Canter Brown Jr. *''Tampa in Civil War and Reconstruction'' by Brown, Canter, Jr.

References

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