6. The residence of Dr. and Mrs. William Redmond at 2028 Davis Street. Redmond was a business league executive.

7. The Gabunion Littlejohn Residence at 1424 Jefferson Street. Mr. Littlejohn was a carrier with the U.S. postal service. Mrs. Littlejohn was the first nurse to be given the T.B. Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Their son, Francis, is seen standing in front of their Sugar Hill home in 1942.

8. *The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Lawton Pratt at 582 West 8th Street. Pratt opened a funeral home in LaVilla in 1900, and was the second licensed black mortician in Florida. *

9. Inside the residence of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Butler at 1544 Jefferson Street. Dr. Butler was a local druggist and his wife was a prominent teacher and club woman.

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13. The Wilder Park Public Library and librarian Olga Owens Bradham was the librarian in 1942. Wilder Park was the premier green and recreational space for black Jacksonville residents during segregation.

14. Brewster Hospital on North Jefferson Street served as the city’s medical center for African-American residents. Brewster closed as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

15. The A. L. Lewis Branch of the Young Women’s Christian Association. The insert shows Mrs. Florence Jones Dixon, the executive secretary of the YWCA.

Images 4 through 15 courtesy of https://books.google.com/books?id=JVsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=the+crisis+1942+jacksonville&source=bl&ots=YafcehhAKg&sig=oyQBTXKFvTXR-i03UvcQJzT6HE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=G4XOVP3OMZX-sATHkIGQCw&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=the crisis 1942 jacksonville&f=false

Article by Ennis Davis. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com