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I am interested in periods of change and reform, especially in the twentieth century. I am especially interested in the economic outcomes of reform and the human stories involved in reform.
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Edits I am considering:
editI am considering writing an article on Lawson E. Thomas, the first black judge in the American South since reconstruction.
Articles I plan on citing:
Bush, Gregory W. White Sand Black Beach: Civil Rights, Public Space, and Miami’s Virginia Key. University Press of Florida, 2016. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvx074pw. Accessed 14 Sep. 2022.
Rose, Chanelle. “The ‘Jewel’ of the South?: Miami, Florida and the NAACP’s Struggle for Civil Rights in America’s Vacation Paradise.” The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 86, no. 1, 2007, pp. 39–69. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150099. Accessed 14 Sep. 2022.
Longa, Ernesto A. “Lawson Edward Thomas and Miami's Negro Municipal Court,” 18 St. Thomas Law Review 125 (2005).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/207
Charles, Johania. “Mural Honoring Judge Lawson Thomas Unveiled.” The Miami Times, 13 July 2022, https://www.miamitimesonline.com/lifestyles/arts_culture/mural-honoring-judge-lawson-thomas-unveiled/article_a009e054-0276-11ed-820a-bb649af535a3.html.
Ceballos, Joshua. "Overtown Office of Miami's First Black Judge Declared a Historic Site." Miami New Times [Miami], 26 May 2022. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/the-overtown-office-of-lawson-thomas-miamis-first-black-judge-designated-a-historic-site-14560263
“Miami-Dade Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse Center.” Courthouses of Florida, 23 May 2016, https://courthousesofflorida.com/courthouse/miami-dade-lawson-e-thomas-courthouse-center/.
Bradley, Kelly. “Lawson E. Thomas, the First Black Judge in the South since Reconstruction, Part 3.” South Florida Media Network, Florida International University, 9 Mar. 2021, https://sfmn.fiu.edu/lawson-e-thomas-the-first-black-judge-in-the-south-since-reconstruction-part-3/.