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1925 Council Minutes
Collection
The Apopka Negro Business League Collection
Format
Original typewritten paper slip
Date
1925-03-19
People
Michael Gladden Jr.; Michael Gladden
Location
Apopka, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
A set of minutes from a March 19, 1925, council meeting that predated the Apopka Negro Business League. The minutes detail the expansive population growth of the city of Apopka by a hefty 30%. The writer adds that this information was taken after a mass exodus of Black people from Apopka in the year 1924, which was deemed a "considerable loss." The minutes reveal that Apopka's population by early 1925 amounted to 1,001 residents, a 30% increase from the year 1920. The voting precinct is noted to have 1,560 residents as compared to 100 from the nearby city of Plymouth, Florida. This note is consistent with Michael Gladden Jr.'s interest in economic and political statistics, perhaps being penned by him after his return home to Apopka in late 1924 or early 1925.
