Florida State Teachers Association

The Florida State Teachers Association (FSTA) was an organization of Black educators, administrators, other staff, and parents in Florida.[1] African American teachers faced discrimination and underfunded schools. Educators in the group served as activists advocating for civil rights and educational opportunities.[2]

It was the largest teacher organization in Florida.[3] Hubert Humphrey prepared a speech to the group in 1964.[4] The group published the Florida State Teachers' Bulletin.

The Tampa branch helped organize the Turner v Keefe lawsuit targeting lower pay for Boack teachers.[5]

Emmett W. Bashful, a political scientist at Florida A& M University, sought to survey members about voter registration and voting by group members.[6]

The Florida Archives include a photo of the group's kitchen in Tallahassee.[7]

Edward Daniel Davis[8] and Gilbert Lawrence Porter were leaders in the group. A book discusses Porter's work[9] and a Miami elementary school is named for him.[10]

School boards closed schools for African Americans and many black teachers and administrators lost their jobs.[11]

## Further reading

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* The History of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University by Leedell Wallace Neyland and John W. Riley, University of Florida Press (1963)[ISBN missing]

## References

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1. ^ "Black Educators: Florida's Secret Social Justice Advocates, 1920–1960". exhibits.uflib.ufl.edu.
2. ^ Houchen, Diedre Faith (November 26, 2020). "An 'Organized Body of Intelligent Agents', Black Teacher Activism during 'De Jure' Segregation: A Historical Case Study of the Florida State Teachers Association". Journal of Negro Education. 89 (3): 267–281\. JSTOR 10.7709/jnegroeducation.89.3.0267 - via ERIC.267-281&rft.date=2020-11-26&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7709/jnegroeducation.89.3.0267#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Houchen&rft.aufirst=Diedre+Faith&rft_id=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1286095&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Florida+State+Teachers+Association" class="Z3988">
3. ^ Emmons, Caroline (2003). "'Not a Single Battle but Rather a Real War': The Fight to Equalize Teachers' Salaries in Florida in the 1930s and 1940s". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 81 (4): 418–439\. JSTOR 30150945.418-439&rft.date=2003&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30150945#id-name=JSTOR&rft.au=Emmons,+Caroline&rft_id=http://www.jstor.org/stable/30150945&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Florida+State+Teachers+Association" class="Z3988">
4. ^ http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00442/pdfa/00442-01305.pdf
5. ^ Shircliffe, Barbara J. (February 26, 2012). "Rethinking Turner v. Keefe: The Parallel Mobilization of African-American and White Teachers in Tampa, Florida, 1936–1946". History of Education Quarterly. 52 (1): 99–136\. doi:10.1111/j.1748-5959.2011.00374.x. S2CID 142501177 - via Cambridge University Press.99-136&rft.date=2012-02-26&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1748-5959.2011.00374.x&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:142501177#id-name=S2CID&rft.aulast=Shircliffe&rft.aufirst=Barbara+J.&rft_id=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/history-of-education-quarterly/article/abs/rethinking-turner-v-keefe-the-parallel-mobilization-of-africanamerican-and-white-teachers-in-tampa-florida-19361946/379967889B15A40D90FE96E7DC51F5B3&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Florida+State+Teachers+Association" class="Z3988">
6. ^ "The Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (FLIC) · A University in Transition: The Long Path to Integration · A University in Transition: The Long Path to Integration". universityintransition.omeka.net.
7. ^ "Florida Memory • Interior view showing kitchen at the Florida State Teachers Association building in Tallahassee, Florida".
8. ^ "Edward Daniel Davis". The Florida Civil Rights Hall of Fame.
9. ^ Porter, Dr Gilbert L. "Dr. Gilbert L. Porter". Dr. Gilbert L. Porter.
10. ^ "About Us". mysite.
11. ^ "Teachers: Segregation by Integration". Time. 18 June 1965.