by Lionel Ballard, Ersula Odom
Rogers Park Golf Course is special. Its history is rich, and its people are legendary at this historic public 18-hole golf course in Tampa, Florida. Land for the park was acquired by the City of Tampa in 1947 and was used for picnics and games by Black residents during the era of racial segregation in the United States. The park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
As you read this book you will hear the sound of children’s joy and families’ laughter. You will feel the celebration of a hole-in-one and the stories it spawns. You will appreciate the community unity that it fosters. You will discover the legendary players who frequented the course and when it is all said and done, endless and endearing memories are attached to the names Rogers Park and Rogers Park Golf Course. 132 pages, Sula Too Publishing, 2022, ISBN 9798986528021
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
As CEO of Sula Too LLC, Ersula K. Odom is on a mission to preserve cultural history in any form possible. As such she is a publisher, legacy wall designer, legacy writer, and living history performer. She is also founder of Ersula’s History Shop and the non-profit Rescuing History, Inc. Collectively, all of her skills lead to preparing your story, rather average and ordinary to extraordinary, to take its rightful place in our cultural history.Ersula combines research, life and professional experiences of rural living, college life, fortune 500 corporate management, spirituality, family, entrepreneurship, sales, genealogy, and publishing, to deliver relative multi-generational and multi-cultural products and services.Other books by Ersula K Odom: At Sula’s Feet The Doris Ross Reddick Story Miss Lizzy’s Story African Americans of Tampa Pamala McCoy – A Shero’s Story Create Your Signature Book In A Weekend
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