| Florence V. "Frankie" Adams | |
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| Born | Florence Victoria Adams (1902-07-09)July 9, 1902 Danville, Kentucky |
| Died | August 29, 1979(1979-08-29) (aged 77) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Knoxville College, New York University |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, Author, Social Worker |
Florence V. "Frankie" Adams (1902–1979) was an American educator and writer. She had a long career at the Atlanta School of Social Work spanning 1931 through 1964. She is known for her social activism and as the author of Soulcraft: Sketches on Negro-White Relations Designed to Encourage Friendship and The Reflections of Florence Victoria Adams.
Biography
Florence Victoria Adams was born in Danville, Kentucky, on July 9, 1902. In 1925, she graduated from Knoxville College. In 1939, she obtained her master's degree in education from New York University.
In 1931, Adams joined the faculty of the Atlanta School of Social Work. She influenced the curriculum and content of group work on a national level as a member of the Committee on Group Work of the American Association of Social Work.
In 1964, Adams retired from the Atlanta School of Social Work, now called Atlanta University.
From 1965 to 1967, she worked for Economic Opportunity Atlanta, Inc. and from 1968 through 1970 she worked with Project Head Start.
Adams died on August 29, 1979, aged 77, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Publications
- Women in Industry (1929)
- Soulcraft: Sketches on Negro-White Relations Designed to Encourage Friendship (1944)
- Some Pioneers in Social Work: brief sketches; student work book, with Whitney Young, Jr. (1957)
- The Reflections of Florence Victoria Adams, a history of the Atlanta University School of Social Work (published posthumously in 1981)
References
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| How to use archival material |
- ^ "Frankie V. Adams collection". Archives Research Center. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. hdl:20.500.12322/fa:009. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Adams, Florence V. "Frankie". Notable Kentucky African Americans Database. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- "Frankie Adams". Black Women Oral History Project Interviews, 1976–1981. Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
External links
- Soulcraft: Sketches on Negro-White Relations Designed to Encourage Friendship
- Frankie Adams Interview Transcript, 1976-1981 OH-31; T-32. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- 1902 births
- 1979 deaths
- 20th-century African-American educators
- 20th-century American educators
- Educators from Kentucky
- African-American activists
- Writers from Danville, Kentucky
- American women educators
- Activists from Kentucky
- Black Women Oral History Project
- 20th-century African-American women writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century African-American writers