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Program Number
54
Program Date
4-13-2010
Segment Summary
SEGMENTS | Moore Heritage Festival | Home » Content Drawbridge House | Dr. Michael Grannon
Keywords
Florida Frontiers; African American; Civil Rights; Development; Folklife; St. Augustine; Colonial History
Sponsors
Brevard Cultural Alliance's mission is to build and sustain a dynamic and vibrant arts and cultural sector integral to Brevard County's quality of life.
Florida Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities
With funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, FHC grants primarily respond to the needs of local communities, but they often address topics of statewide interest. FHC is particularly interested in projects that are collaborative, attract diverse audiences, encourage active participation from the public, and explore humanities topics and disciplines in interesting and engaging ways.
This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Florida Historical Society, "Florida Frontiers Radio Program #54" (2010). Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society. 59.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-radio/59
Program Segments
Moore Heritage Festival
Juanita Evangeline Moore discusses her father, Harry T. Moore, who was an early civil rights martyr. His house in Mims, Florida, was bombed on Christmas night in 1951, killing Moore and his wife.
Mark-In Point: 01:14 Length: 15:20
Home » Content Drawbridge House
Charlotte Devane recalls what it was like when her family lived in a house on a drawbridge over the Indian River in the 1940s.
Mark-In Point: 16:50 Length: 04:05
Dr. Michael Grannon
Dr. Michael Gannon discusses the history of Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, its importance to the Spanish enterprise, and how it survived two sieges by British colonists.
Mark-In Point: 20:51 Length: 06:37