Joe Martin Richardson (died 2015) was an emeritus professor of history and author.
He was a history professor at
Florida State University
Florida State University (FSU) is a public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher education in the st ...
from 1964 until 2006.
He grew up in
Stella, Missouri
Stella is a village in southern Newton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 158 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Joplin, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village of Stella is located 17 miles southeast of Neosho. ...
. He graduated from
Southwest Missouri State University
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...
in 1958.
[ He earned his master's and doctorate degrees from Florida State University.][ He was an assistant professor at the University of Mississippi. He became friends with ]James Meredith
James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights activist, writer, political adviser, and Air Force veteran who became, in 1962, the first African-American student admitted to the racially segregated University of Mississ ...
, an African American student who enrolled there.
He was married to Patricia Richardson. His daughter Leslie Richardson directs the Center for the Advancement of Teaching at Florida International University. His son Andrew Richardson became a chef.[
]
Books
*''The Negro in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877'' Florida State University (1965)
*''Talladega College, The First Century'', co-authored with Maxine Jones
*''The Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker'' (1974)
*''A History of Fisk University, 1865-1946'' (1980)
*''African Americans in the Reconstruction of Florida, 1865-1877'' University of Alabama Press (2008)
*''Christian Reconstruction: The American Missionary Association and Southern Blacks, 1861-1890'' University of Alabama Press (2009)
*''Education for Liberation: The American Missionary Association and African Americans from 1890 to the Civil Rights Movement'' (2009), co-authored with Maxine Jones
Articles
*"Florida Black Codes"
See also
*Canter Brown Jr.
Canter Brown Jr. is an American historian, professor and author. He was born in Fort Meade, Florida, and earned his degrees at Florida State University. He has taught at Florida A&M University and has worked at Fort Valley State University in Fort ...
, historian of similar subjects in Florida
* Larry E. Rivers, historian of similar subjects in Florida
References
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20th-century births
Year of birth missing
2015 deaths
Florida State University faculty
University of Mississippi faculty
20th-century American historians
21st-century American historians
Missouri State University alumni
Florida State University alumni