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Collection ID is exactly "40" AND topic contains "Politics and Government"
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Flier advertising a community forum on abortion

Flier advertising a community forum on abortion
Date
1989 (circa)
Description
Flier advertising a community forum on abortion, held by the Tallahassee chapter of the National Organization for Women. The event was held July 18, [1989] at the R.A. Gray Building auditorium. The flier also advertises a "picket for choice" in front of the Governor's Mansion and in front of the old Florida Capitol at the intersection of Monroe Street and Apalachee Parkway in Tallahassee.
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Flier advertising a community forum on abortion

Flier advertising a community forum on abortion
Interposition Resolution in Response to Brown v. Board of Education, 1957

Interposition Resolution in Response to Brown v. Board of Education, 1957
Date
1957-05-02
Description
The Florida State Legislature passed this resolution in opposition to the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case that ended legal segregation in public education. Racial segregation was originally found to be constitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case in 1896. That decision laid the legal foundation for what became known as Jim Crow laws throughout the nation, and especially in the U.S. South, by declaring segregation legal only if the facilities were "separate but equal." The Brown decision removed that foundation, and many segregationists saw the case as an opening wedge to ending all segregation. Therefore, the Florida Legislature argued that the decision usurped the state constitutional powers, and passed the resolution to declare the Court's decision in 1954 as null and void.
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Interposition Resolution in Response to Brown v. Board of Education, 1957

Interposition Resolution in Response to Brown v. Board of Education, 1957
Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from Mrs. Floyd Link of Tampa, 1942

Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from Mrs. Floyd Link of Tampa, 1942
Date
1942-07-02
Description
Letter from Mrs. Floyd Link of Tampa to Governor Spessard Holland, disapproving of a proposed plan to import Bahamian laborers to counteract the acute shortage of labor for Florida farms during World War II.
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Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from Mrs. Floyd Link of Tampa, 1942

Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from Mrs. Floyd Link of Tampa, 1942
Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here

Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here
Date
1887
Description
Jefferson County is the Banner County of the State. More of its chief crop, cotton, is produced that in any county in the State. Its resources are unlimited, its climate unsurpassed, its soil equals any in any civilized country. ... Any further information about the county, etc., will be cheerfully given. Yours respectfully, E. B. Bailey. Monticello, Fla., September 1887.''
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Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here

Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done Here
The Eights Ifs...and Your Answer!

The Eights Ifs...and Your Answer!
Date
1958 (circa)
Description
According to this pamplet, if you agree with the eight statements presented, then "you should immediately join Your Local Citizens' Council." An explanation of the Association of Citizens' Councils of Florida follows.
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The Eights Ifs...and Your Answer!

The Eights Ifs...and Your Answer!
Wake Up America: Will This Happen Here?

Wake Up America: Will This Happen Here?
Date
1950 (circa)
Description
Flier describing the threat of communism to the United States including a list of "organizations serving the Community cause." Readers are encouraged to act quickly to fight communism.
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Wake Up America: Will This Happen Here?

Wake Up America: Will This Happen Here?
Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933

Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933
Date
1933-03-13
Description
Death warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, addressed to Leonard Fielding Chapman, superintendent of the Florida State Prison at Raiford, as well as Sheriff Daniel E. Hardie of Dade County. On February 15, 1933, Zangara attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he gave a speech from the back of an open car in the Bayfront Park area of the city. He fired a total of five shots and wounded five people, including Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, who was standing on the running board of Roosevelt's car during the President-elect's speech. Zangara pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to spend 80 years in prison. Following the death of Anton Cermak and another victim, Mabel Gill, Zangara was indicted for murder and sentenced to death. He was executed in Florida's electric chair at the State Prison on March 20, 1933.
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Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933

Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933
Report of Psychiatric Examination of Giuseppe Zangara by Drs. I.H. Agos and T. Earl Moore, 1933

Report of Psychiatric Examination of Giuseppe Zangara by Drs. I.H. Agos and T. Earl Moore, 1933
Date
1933-02-18
Description
Psychiatric evaluation of Joseph Zangara, alias Giuseppe Zangara, by Drs. I.H. Agos and T. Earl Moore in Miami in 1933. On February 15, 1933, Zangara attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he gave a speech from the back of an open car in the Bayfront Park area of the city. He fired a total of five shots and wounded five people, including Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, who was standing on the running board of Roosevelt's car during the President-elect's speech. Zangara pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to spend 80 years in prison. Following the death of Anton Cermak and another victim, Mabel Gill, Zangara was indicted for murder and sentenced to death. He was executed in Florida's electric chair at the State Prison on March 20, 1933.
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Report of Psychiatric Examination of Giuseppe Zangara by Drs. I.H. Agos and T. Earl Moore, 1933

Report of Psychiatric Examination of Giuseppe Zangara by Drs. I.H. Agos and T. Earl Moore, 1933
Information Filed Against Giuseppe Zangara in the Criminal Court of Dade County, 1933

Information Filed Against Giuseppe Zangara in the Criminal Court of Dade County, 1933
Date
1933-02-16
Description
Information outlining charges filed against Giuseppe Zangara in the Criminal Court of Dade County on February 16, 1933. Charles A. Morehead, County Solicitor for Dade County, charges Zangara with four counts of assault with intent to commit murder.
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Information Filed Against Giuseppe Zangara in the Criminal Court of Dade County, 1933

Information Filed Against Giuseppe Zangara in the Criminal Court of Dade County, 1933
List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933

List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933
Date
1933-03-20
Description
List of witnesses present at the execution of Giuseppe Zangara by electrocution on March 20, 1933 at 9:15 a.m. at Florida State Prison in Raiford. On February 15, 1933, Zangara attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he gave a speech from the back of an open car in the Bayfront Park area of the city. He fired a total of five shots and wounded five people, including Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, who was standing on the running board of Roosevelt's car during the President-elect's speech. Zangara pleaded guilty to four counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to spend 80 years in prison. Following the death of Anton Cermak and another victim, Mabel Gill, Zangara was indicted for murder and sentenced to death.
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List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933

List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
flc_br0267Flier advertising a community forum on abortionTextAbortion
Lectures and lecturing		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0267.jpg
s222_v238_01Interposition Resolution in Response to Brown v. Board of Education, 1957TextAfrican Americans--Civil rights
Segregation
African Americans--Segregation		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s222_v238_01.jpg
s406_b066_f01_01Letter to Governor Spessard Holland from Mrs. Floyd Link of Tampa, 1942TextAgricultural laborers
Agriculture--Labor productivity
Complaint letters		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s406_b066_f01_01.jpg
flc_br0043Jefferson County: Where It Is, and What Can Be Done HereTextAgriculture
Cities and towns--History
Cotton trade		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/flc_br0043.jpg
s1486_b017_f19_02The Eights Ifs...and Your Answer!TextAnti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Race relations
School integration -- Florida		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1486_b017_f19_02.jpg
s1486_b017_f19_01Wake Up America: Will This Happen Here?TextAnti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Politics and government
Internal security		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1486_b017_f19_01.jpg
s12_b019_f01_01Death Warrant for Giuseppe Zangara, 1933TextAssassinations
Assassins
Executions and executioners
Capital punishment		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s12_b019_f01_01.jpg
l47_b001_f01_01Report of Psychiatric Examination of Giuseppe Zangara by Drs. I.H. Agos and T. Earl Moore, 1933TextAssassinations
Assassins		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/l47_b001_f01_01.jpg
l47_b001_f01_02Information Filed Against Giuseppe Zangara in the Criminal Court of Dade County, 1933TextAssassins
Assassinations
Criminal procedure		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/l47_b001_f01_02.jpg
s2178_v001_x01List of Persons Present at the Execution of Giuseppe Zangara at the Florida State Prison, 1933TextAssassins
Assassinations
Executions and executioners
Capital punishment
Correctional institutions		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s2178_v001_x01.jpg