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At the turn of the century, African Americans made up approximately 43% of Pensacola's workforce. This chart shows the distribution of jobs across the city's black workers. Professionals and merchants made up 4.65%, servicers and skilled laborers…

Photograph of Booker T. Washington and Emmett J. Scott from the tenth annual edition of the Florida Sentinel.

Advertisement for Daniel J. Cunningham's Family Grocery on the corner of Tarragona and Romana Streets.

Photograph of the Confederate Monument in Lee Square, Pensacola. The panels of the monument mention Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America; Captain Edward Aylesworth Perry; Stephen R. Mallory, secretary of the navy of the…

Photograph of Booker T. Washington from the tenth annual edition of the Florida Sentinel.

Photograph of Matthew Lewey. Lewey edited and published the Florida Sentinel, the first African-American newspaper in the state. Pensacola served as Lewey's base of operations for about 20 years. Lewey also heavily promoted African-American…

Photograph of Daniel J. Cunningham. Cunningham started his grocery business around 1898. By 1904, he estimated his yearly sales to be between $25,000 and $30,000, an impressive amount for this time.

Photograph of Dr. Henry G. Williams. Dr. Williams was one of Pensacola's four black physicians in 1904. He also owned and operated a popular drug store.

Photograph of John Sunday Jr.'s house. John Sunday Jr. was a prominent merchant and real estate dealer in Pensacola. The 1904 annual issue of the Florida Sentinel published this photograph of Sunday's house to show that many African Americans created…

Sam and Stella Charles owned and operated a shoe shop on the southern block of Palafox St., Pensacola's main business district. Pensacola's residents would come here to buy new shoes or get their shoes repaired. Craftsmen of Pensacola would come to…