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Program Number
82
Program Date
3-3-2011
Segment Summary
SEGMENTS | Zora Neale Hurston's Final Decade | 1513 Moment - Henry Flagler | | Puerto Ricans in Central Florida
Keywords
Florida Frontiers; Florida Authors; African American; Railroads; Development; Agriculture; Folklife; Hispanic; Puerto Rican
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 #82" (2011). Florida Frontiers: The Weekly Radio Magazine of the Florida Historical Society. 84.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-radio/84
Transcript - Radio Program #082
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Program Segments
Zora Neale Hurston's Final Decade
Author Virginia Lynn Moylan discusses the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston during the last decade of her life, which she spent in her home state of Florida.
Mark-In Point: 01:13 Length: 15:00
1513 Moment - Henry Flagler
Historian Dr. Gary Mormino talks about railroad magnate and hotelier Henry Flagler and his impact on the development of the east coast of Florida.
Mark-In Point: 16:32 Length: 01:53
Mark Tripson
Mar Tripson talks about working at his family's dairy on the Treasure Coast in the 1960s.
Mark-In Point: 18:30 Length: 04:21
Puerto Ricans in Central Florida
Dr. Natalie Underberg and Dr. Patricia Silver discuss their work collecting oral histories from Central Florida's large Puerto Rican community, the fastest-growing Hispanic group in Florida.
Mark-In Point: 22:52 Length: 25:16