11 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Subject contains "Civil rights demonstrations"
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FAMU and Civil Rights, Miami, 1963

FAMU and Civil Rights, Miami, 1963
Date
1963
Description
A Miami CORE flier describing demonstrations in Tallahassee in which Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) and Florida State University (FSU) students were arrested and released on bail. Two FAMU students, Patricia Stephens Due and Rubin Kenon, were suspended as a result. The flier is encouraging people to contact FAMU Administration and encourage the university to "defend its students."
Collection
FAMU and Civil Rights, Miami, 1963

FAMU and Civil Rights, Miami, 1963
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Pledge Card, 1963

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Pledge Card, 1963
Date
1963
Description
Mail-in participation pledge for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
Collection
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Pledge Card, 1963

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Pledge Card, 1963
Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960

Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960
Date
1960-12-07
Description
Memo from CORE Field Director Gordon R. Carey to local CORE groups concerning desegregation of bus terminal restaurants. He discusses activity of select CORE field secretaries, including Jim McCain, Thomas Gaither, Genevieve Hughes and Richard Haley.
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Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960

Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960
Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964

Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964
Date
1964-06-26
Description
Memorandum from Melba Harmon to Florida Highway Patrolman Bill Norris regarding civil rights protests at the Capitol building. The Tallahassee chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) planned to picket at the Capitol each weekday from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. indefinitely.
Collection
Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964

Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964
Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960

Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960
Date
1960-12-15
Description
CORE memo from Charles R. Oldham, national chairman, discussing white sit-in demonstrator Richard Parker being arrested during a picket line at McCrory's in Tallahassee; information about discrimination in Tennessee by local distributors of Wonderbread and Sealtest Milk against African-American registered voters; and an article in Look magazine about sit-ins written by Margaret Leonard, a CORE member.
Collection
Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960

Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960
Memorandum from CORE Field Director Gordon Carey to Local Contacts and the Advisory Committee, ca. 1960

Memorandum from CORE Field Director Gordon Carey to Local Contacts and the Advisory Committee, ca. 1960
Date
1960 (circa)
Description
Memo from CORE discussing sit-in activity in New Orleans during September 1960, starting with the arrest of seven CORE members holding a peaceful sit-in at the Canal Street Woolworth's lunch counter. The memo outlines other arrests in New Orleans and the charges against these activists.
Collection
Memorandum from CORE Field Director Gordon Carey to Local Contacts and the Advisory Committee, ca. 1960

Memorandum from CORE Field Director Gordon Carey to Local Contacts and the Advisory Committee, ca. 1960
Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960

Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960
Date
1960-12-08
Description
CORE memo reporting the cities in the United States where new lunch counters have opened since February 1, 1960. A total of 126 lunch counters opened.
Collection
Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960

Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960
News from the Southern Conference Education Fund, October 27, 1960

News from the Southern Conference Education Fund, October 27, 1960
Date
1960-10-27
Description
News from the Southern Conference Educational Fund in Louisville, Kentucky, updating the status of Richard Frank Parker, a white student imprisoned in Jacksonville during a sit-in demonstration. He received a lot of attention nationwide because his jaw was broken "when he was hit by a segregationist," and this attention led to his early release from jail.
Collection
News from the Southern Conference Education Fund, October 27, 1960

News from the Southern Conference Education Fund, October 27, 1960
Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960

Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960
Date
1960-05
Description
A booklet published by the Congress of Racial Equality with an introduction by Lillian Smith. It consists of six stories written by young people involved with sit-ins and other non-violent demonstrations across the United States. Patricia Stephens Due, a Tallahassee civil rights activist who was jailed for 49 days with seven other students following a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter, tells her story from jail. She writes about the events leading up to being jailed and the conditions at the Leon County Jail. The other five stories were written by Edward Rodman (Portsmouth, Virginia), Paul Laprad (Nashville, Tennessee), Thomas Gaither (Orangeburg, South Carolina), Major Johns (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) and Martin Smolin (activities in the North).
Collection
Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960

Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960
St. Augustine Arrest Records, June 30, 1964

St. Augustine Arrest Records, June 30, 1964
Date
1964-06-30
Description
St. Augustine's arrest records for June 30, 1964. Martin Luther King Jr.'s name appears on the first page.
Collection
St. Augustine Arrest Records, June 30, 1964

St. Augustine Arrest Records, June 30, 1964
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
n2015-1_b003_f18_14FAMU and Civil Rights, Miami, 1963TextRace relations
Civil rights--Social Aspects
Civil rights demonstrations		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f18_14.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f10_04March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Pledge Card, 1963TextMarch on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
African Americans--Civil rights--Philosophy
Civil rights demonstrations		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f10_04.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f11_22Memo from Gordon R. Carey to Local CORE Groups, December 7, 1960TextCivil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
Social integration		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f11_22.jpg
s756_b114_f01_05Memo from Melba Harmon to Bill Norris Regarding Civil Rights Picket, 1964TextCivil rights demonstrations
Nonviolence
Picketing		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/s756_b114_f01_05_01.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f11_42Memorandum from Charles R. Oldham to CORE Group Leaders and Students, December 15, 1960TextAfrican Americans--Suffrage
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights--Economic aspects		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f11_42.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f11_49Memorandum from CORE Field Director Gordon Carey to Local Contacts and the Advisory Committee, ca. 1960TextPicketing
Civil rights demonstrations
Nonviolence		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f11_49.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f11_41Memorandum from CORE, Report of Cities with New Lunch Counters, December 8, 1960TextCivil rights demonstrations
Segregation
Social integration		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f11_41.jpg
n2015-1_b001_f14_03News from the Southern Conference Education Fund, October 27, 1960TextCivil rights demonstrations
Political violence
Student movements		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f14_03.jpg
n2015-1_b003_f25_01Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960TextRace relations
Civil rights--Social Aspects
Civil rights demonstrations		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f25_01.jpg
s756_b130_f08_x01St. Augustine Arrest Records, June 30, 1964TextLaw enforcement
Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Saint Augustine
Arrest		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s756_b130_f08_x01.jpg