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Civil Rights Movement in Florida |
Sit-in at
Woolworth's lunch counter :
Tallahassee, Florida |
In 1954 the
Supreme Court unanimously decided that school segregation was unconstitutional.
The actual process of school desegregation continued into the early seventies.
These images
document civil rights protests to integrate buses, stores, theaters, and
beaches.
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Entrance to
a segregated railroad depot (1941) |
Woman by sign
blown down during hurricane : Virginia Beach, Florida (1950) |
Tallahassee
Democrat headline for segregation ban : Tallahassee, Florida (1954) |
Morris Thomas
defying segregated bus seating : Tallahassee, Florida (1956) |
African American
preachers who protested segregated bus seating : Tallahassee, Florida (1956) |
Gentlemen protesting
segregated bus seating : Tallahassee, Florida (1956) |
Civil rights
activists : Tallahassee, Florida (195-) |
Seth Gaines
and his taxi : Tallahassee, Florida (195-) |
N.A.A.C.P. Freedom
Bus and riders (195-) |
Boycott and
picketing of downtown stores : Tallahassee, Florida (1960) |
Boycott and
picketing of downtown stores : Tallahassee, Florida (1960) |
Florida A&M
University students on a protest march : Tallahassee, Florida (1960) |
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Sonia Malkine
French folk singer Sonia Malkine possessed a delicate and captivating vocal approach. |
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Dale Mabry Field: From Army Air Base to College Campus
In 1945, administrators asked returning veterans if they would be willing to attend classes at Florida State College for Women (FSCW) in Tallahassee. |
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Physician's Journal In 1843, Dr. John M. W. Davidson of Gadsden County began recording medical recipes and treatments in a small, leather-bound notebook. |
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