ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

(Source of photo: Online Photographic Collection, Florida State Archives)

This young lady graduated in 1933 from Stanton High School, a historically African American institution in Jacksonville.  Eva Cobb Lamar is the mother of Marsha Phelts, a popular First Coast historian.  In 2003, Mrs. Lamar attended the seventieth reunion of her graduating class!  As the Florida Times-Union indicated, the average age of the children of the alumni was about 70 years old.  Twelve of the nineteen remaining class members appeared at the gathering, and two teachers also turned out.  One instructor was in her late 90s and the other 100.

Stanton was a place where history was made.  One of the most famous Jax natives was an African American principal of the school, James Weldon Johnson.  As he served as the Stanton's chief, he and his brother Rosamond wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing." They penned the song in commemoration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1900, and five hundred Stanton students could claim the honor of being the first to sing it.  This revered work has become known as "The African American National Anthem."

Special appreciation from JacksonvilleStory.com goes to...

* "I. B." -- Jax-area Genealogist

* "S. B." -- Jax-area Genealogist

* Barbara "Bobbi" Crissman -- Jax-area Genealogist

* "J. H. D." -- Former Jax resident

* "Florida Frontier Gazette" -- The Website Managers of  FloridaFrontier.com.

* Jack Fry -- Long-time Resident of Jacksonville 

* Barbara Kiersh -- Librarian, Genealogy Collection, Jacksonville Public Library System

* Bruce Latimer -- Head of Documents, Thomas G. Carpenter Library, University of North Florida

* Emily Lisska -- Executive Director of the Jacksonville Historical Society

* John Massey -- Jacksonville website designer

* Joel W. McEachin --  Senior Historic Preservation Planner with the City of Jacksonville and research associate for Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage: Landmarks for the Future

* Mark Miles -- Jacksonville history researcher & enthusiast

* Marsha Phelts -- Author of An American Beach for African Americans

* Barbara Puckett -- President of the San Marco Preservation Society.

* Harry Reagan -- President of the Jacksonville Historical Society

* Marty Sugden -- Librarian, Florida Collection, Jacksonville Public Library System

* Adonnica Toler -- Author of  "Adonnica's Corner" at Blacksonville.com 

* Flo Rush White -- Author of Levy & Williams and Young & Johnson Family Reunion Heritage Cookbook: Seven Generations of African American Cooking

* Wayne W. Wood -- Founder of the Riverside Avondale Preservation, Inc. (RAP), and author of Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage: Landmarks for the Future and co-author of The Great Fire of 1901;  

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