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Nolan was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] in 1946, the son of journalist Joseph T. Nolan and his artist wife Virginia. |
Nolan was born in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] in 1946, the son of journalist Joseph T. Nolan and his artist wife Virginia. |
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He attended the public schools in [[Bayside, New York]] and [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], studied at the [[University of Virginia]], and was active in the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s. |
He attended the public schools in [[Bayside, New York]] and [[Waterbury, Connecticut]], studied at the [[University of Virginia]], and was active in the [[American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)|American Civil Rights Movement]] of the 1960s. |
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Since 1977 he has made his home in [[St. Augustine, Florida]], known as the "nation's oldest city." From 1978-80 he worked on the first official survey of old buildings in the Ancient City. |
Since 1977 he has made his home in [[St. Augustine, Florida]], known as the "nation's oldest city." From 1978-80 he worked on the first official survey of old buildings in the Ancient City. |
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Revision as of 16:19, 13 August 2014
David Nolan is an American author and civil rights activist and protestor of the Vietnam conflict.
Biography
Nolan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1946, the son of journalist Joseph T. Nolan and his artist wife Virginia.
He attended the public schools in Bayside, New York and Waterbury, Connecticut, studied at the University of Virginia, and was active in the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
Since 1977 he has made his home in St. Augustine, Florida, known as the "nation's oldest city." From 1978-80 he worked on the first official survey of old buildings in the Ancient City.
His first book, Fifty Feet in Paradise: The Booming of Florida, dealing with the booms and busts in the state's colorful real estate history, was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1984, and he received the annual author's award from the Council for Florida Libraries.
He was a contributor to a literary tour guide of the state called The Book Lover's Guide to Florida that was published by Pineapple Press in 1992.
In 1995 he collaborated with artist Jean Ellen Fitzpatrick and photographer Ken Barrett to produce The Houses of St. Augustine, which has become the bestselling book about the Ancient City and its historic buildings.
He was a founder in 2002 of ACCORD (an acronym for "Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations), a group designed to honor the participants in the St. Augustine civil rights movement. Demonstrations in St. Augustine in 1963 and 1964 led by Dr. Robert Hayling and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. resulted in the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the two great legislative accomplishments of the movement. ACCORD has launched a permanently marked Freedom Trail of historic sites of the civil rights movement that has gained international publicity. [1]
During Black History Month in 2009, he received the Governor's Points of Light Award for outstanding community service. [2] [3]
On July 2, 2009, the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he received the President's Volunteer Service Award from Barack Obama.
He has served as president of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Society and trustee of the Fort Mose Historical Society.
He is a lecturer on historic, architectural, and literary subjects.
Works
- Nolan, David, Fifty Feet in Paradise: The Booming of Florida,, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1984, ISBN 0-15-130748-2
- Nolan, David, with paintings by Jean Ellen Fitzpatrick and photographs by Ken Barrett, Jr., The Houses of St. Augustine, Sarasota: Pineapple Press, 1995, ISBN 1-56164-069-7
- Summary Information
Title: David Nolan Papers Inclusive Dates: 1960-1987
Creator: Nolan, David, 1946- Call Number: Mss 773; PH 3905; PH 3906
Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes) and 104 photographs
Repository: Wisconsin Historical Society, Library-Archives Division
Archival Locations: See the catalog entry for information on possible additional materials and shelf locations. Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Abstract: Papers, mainly 1963-1977, of Nolan, a writer and social activist. Included are correspondence; executive board, staff, and editorial board minutes; reports; policy papers; and informational mailings of organizations and publications with which he was involved such as Our Generation, Penn Community Services, Inc., Southern Student Organizing Committee, the U.S. China Peoples Friendship Association, and Virginia Students Civil Rights Committee. Prominent correspondents include Anne Braden and Leonard Boudin. Papers as a staff member of the Atlanta office of the U.S. China Peoples Friendship Association also include extensive planning materials for friendship tours of China, biographical information on participants, and a lengthy journal written by one participant in the 1975 tour. Files on the Virginia Students Civil Rights Committee include correspondence, minutes, photographs, an unpublished history, and community organizing project files. Limited personal papers include biographical clippings, copies of articles and papers, photographs, and information on his status as a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.
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