ILR Alachua County Bicentennial: Past, Present and the Future
January 9 @ 1:30 pm
Speaker: Jacob U. Gordon, Ph.D.
Come celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of Alachua County. In addition to lectures by
the instructor, the course aims to engage guest speakers to explore selected major historical move-
ments in Alachua County before and after its establishment in 1824.
January 9 An overview of the course; the lives of indigenous peoples before the
European Invasion
January 16 The Florida Territorial Council and the establishment of Alachua
County in 1824; slavery and the Seminole Wars
January 23 The Civil War and reconstruction era in the making of Alachua County
January 30 Jim Crow and the civil rights movement; The race factor in Alachua
County history
February 6 Black history-makers in Alachua County and Florida history
February 13 Towards a multiracial and multicultural community: the era of truth
and reconciliation