of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, and the Augusta Chronicle called Floyd the "Paul Laurence Dunbar of the South". Floyd's Flowers argued for optimism, hard work, and determination in the face of violence and racial lynching and is often paired with books by Edward A. Johnson in its literary reevaluation of slavery and reconstruction by African American post-Reconstruction authors. After Floyd's death, his library was donated to Atlanta University. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity purchased the house where he lived from 1906 to his death for their chapter house in 1953 and placed a historical marker about Floyd in the front of the building. Floyd was a member of the historic Bannaker Lodge #3 F & A.M. PHA, the third oldest Prince Hall-affiliated masonic lodge in the state of Georgia. The former Silas X. Floyd Elementary School was named for Floyd. Notes References African-American educators African-American journalists 1869 births 1923 deaths People from Augusta, Georgia Atlanta University alumni African-American religious leaders Morris Brown College alumni People from Sandersville, Georgia American Prince Hall Freemasons 20th-century African-American people