Maxine D. Jones
Contact Information
Professor Maxine Jones received her B.A. (1975), M.A. (1977), and Ph.D. (1982) from Florida State University, where she joined the faculty in 1982. She is the co-author of two books, African-Americans in Florida, with Kevin M. McCarthy (Pineapple, 1993), and Talladega College: The First Century, with Joe M. Richardson (Alabama, 1990). African-Americans in Florida received the Charlton W. Tebeau Book Prize from the Florida Historical Society in 1994. Professor Jones was the principal author of a report on "The Rosewood Incident" for the Florida Legislature in 1993.
Research Interests
Books
Talledega College: The First Century
In 1954 when the U.S. Supreme Court declared separate education inherently unequal, Talladega College was a notable black liberal arts school thriving in rural east Alabama.
African Americans in Florida
Brief essays profile over 50 African Americans during four centuries of Florida history.