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Robert Casannello: The World That Created the Florida Highwaymen

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Presented in the Germaine Marvel Building on the National Historic Landmark campus of the Art & History Museums of Maitland on April 27th, 2022.

This talk examines the ways in which the transformation of Florida after World War II created the environment in which the Highwaymen as an artistic movement emerged. If not for the economic, social and demographic changes in Florida during the Sunbelt years created the space in which these group of artists and their supporters could flourish.

Speaker Dr. Robert Cassanello is an associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida. He is a social historian interested in public history. His book To Render Invisible: Jim Crow and Public Life in New South Jacksonville won the 2014 Harry Moore Award by the Florida Historical Society. He has also produced numerous media projects such as the films, The Committee, Filthy Dreamers and Marching Forward with Dr. Lisa Mills. The films have screened at numerous state, national and international film festivals and their films have won several awards including a Suncoast Emmy© and College TV Emmy©. Additionally, he produced the podcasts RICHES of Central Florida, A History of Central Florida Podcast, Florida Historical Quarterly Podcast, and The Florida Constitutions Podcast. He has won the Dunn Internet Broadcasting Award with the Florida Historical Society for his work in podcasting. Dr. Cassanello also was a featured voice on the weekly public radio program Florida Frontiers produced by the Florida Historical Society between 2013 and 2016.
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