Title
Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 51 – Journalist Mabel Norris Reese
Episode Date
9-16-2022
Episode Summary
Mabel Norris Reese. Courageous journalist Mabel Norris Reese covered the infamous Groveland Rape Trial and Ku Klux Klan activities in Lake County in the mid-20th century.
Keywords
Florida Frontiers Television; Before His Time: The Untold Story of Harry T. Moore America's First Civil Rights Martyr; Civil Rights Activists; Civil Rights; Mabel Norris Reese; Harry T. Moore; Ben Green; Gilbert King; Bill Gary; Sheriff Willis V. McCall; Ku Klux Klan; Jim McNalis
Series Title
Florida Frontiers Television
Episode Title
Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 51 – Journalist Mabel Norris Reese
Episode Number
51
Duration
26:46
Sponsors
Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
http://dos.myflorida.com/cultural/
This project is sponsored in part by The Jessie Ball duPont Fund.
Jessie Ball Dupont Fund website
This project is sponsored in part by The Historic Rossetter House Museum.
Rossetter House Musuem - Foundation and history
STARS Citation
Brotemarkle, Dr. Ben and Society, Florida Historical, "Florida Frontiers TV – Episode 51 – Journalist Mabel Norris Reese" (2022). Florida Frontiers Television. 48.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/florida-frontiers-television/48
Description
Mabel Norris Reese
Ben Green, Author of Before His Time and the Untold Story of Harry T. Moore
Bill Gary, Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore Cultural Complex
Jim McNalis, Sculptor and Artist
Statue, Mable Norris Reese
Mable Norris Reese, journalist
Sheriff Willis McCall, Groveland Boys
Burning Cross, Ku Klux Klan
News Article, Mabel Norris Reese
Jim McNalis, Artist
Ben Brotemarkle, Executive Director for the Florida Historical Society
Gilbert King, Author of Devil in the Grove and Ruthless Sun
Cindy Erickson, Granddaughter of Mabel Norris Reese