Florence "Frankie" Adams

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.

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)