| n2015-1_b001_f09_74 | Citizens for Better Living - An Appeal to the People, ca. 1964 | Text | Civil rights--Political aspects
Civil rights--Social aspects
Civil rights movements--Moral and ethical aspects | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f09_74.jpg |
| n2015-1_b003_f16_18 | CORE Press Release About Five Jailed Student Leaders Receiving Gandhi Award, 1960 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social aspects
Nonviolence | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f16_18.jpg |
CORE Press Release About Five Jailed Student Leaders Receiving Gandhi Award, 1960
- Date
- 1960-06-29
- Description
- Press release from CORE noting the five recipients of the Gandhi Award: Barbara and John Broxton, William Larkins and Patricia and Priscilla Stephens. These five students served a 49-day jail sentence after being arrested during a sit-in demonstration at Woolworth's lunch counter in Tallahassee.
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| n2015-1_b003_f16_10 | CORE-lator Newsletter, April 1960 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social aspects
Nonviolence | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f16_10.jpg |
CORE-lator Newsletter, April 1960
- Date
- 1960-04
- Description
- CORE-lator newsletter, number 81 outlining newly formed Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) chapters across the United States, recent arrests and updates about CORE's work across the country. "Letter From A Jailed Student" was written by Tallahassee civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due while she was in jail with seven others for holding a sit-in at Woolworth's. She includes the names of the other jailed students and describes her experience in jail.
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| n2015-1_b003_f16_25 | "Don't Buy at Shell's City," Congress of Racial Equality Flier, Miami, ca. 1960 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social aspects
Boycotts | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f16_25.jpg |
| n2015-1_b003_f18_14 | FAMU and Civil Rights, Miami, 1963 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social Aspects
Civil rights demonstrations | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f18_14.jpg |
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."
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| n2015-1_b003_f13_09 | FAMU News Special, Tallahassee, October 21, 1963 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social aspects
Nonviolence
African Americans--Civil rights | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f13_09.jpg |
FAMU News Special, Tallahassee, October 21, 1963
- Date
- 1963-10-21
- Description
- News special relating the sleep-in demonstrations of three FAMU students who were protesting the suspension of fellow students Patricia Stephens Due and Rubin Kenon.
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| n2015-1_b003_f17_74 | Florida Free Press Newsletter, November 20, 1964 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social aspects
Nonviolence | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f17_74.jpg |
Florida Free Press Newsletter, November 20, 1964
- Date
- 1964-11-20
- Description
- Florida Free Press newsletter, number 17, published by the North Florida Citizenship Education Project. This newsletter features stories about Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) activities in North Florida, voter registration drives and other news.
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| n2015-1_b003_f07_15 | Miami Interracial Action Institute Summary and Evaluation, 1959 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social aspects
Nonviolence
African Americans--Civil rights | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f07_15.jpg |
Miami Interracial Action Institute Summary and Evaluation, 1959
- Date
- 1959
- Description
- This report contains a summary of action at the institute written by Susan Boden. She writes about institute members testing Miami lunch counters, movie theaters and public transportation to see if African-American Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) members would be served. Sit-ins were held at Jackson Byron's department store and Grant's. In each instance, CORE members were not served. James R. Robinson of CORE wrote an evaluation of the institute which includes sections about the concept and aims of the institute; preparatory work; selections of participants; functioning of the institute; evaluations made by institute members, and conclusions and suggestions for future institutes.
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| n2015-1_b003_f22_16 | N.A.A.C.P. Mass Meeting for "Freedom Now" Flier, June 5, 1960 | Text | Speeches, addresses, etc.
Civil rights movements
Civil rights--Social Aspects | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f22_16.jpg |
N.A.A.C.P. Mass Meeting for "Freedom Now" Flier, June 5, 1960
- Date
- 1960-06-05
- Description
- A flier for an NAACP meeting with speakers Ezell Blair Jr., Patricia Stephens and Bernard Lee. The topic was "Freedom Now" and each speaker was actively participating in the civil rights movement at the time. Tallahassee civil rights activist Patricia Stephens was to speak about her experience serving 49 days in jail. She and seven other students were jailed for holding a sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter in Tallahassee.
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| n2015-1_b003_f10_03 | Report on Educational Situation in Leon County from Patricia Stephens Due, May 16, 1967 | Text | Race relations
Civil rights--Social aspects
School integration -- Florida -- Leon County | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f10_03.jpg |
Report on Educational Situation in Leon County from Patricia Stephens Due, May 16, 1967
- Date
- 1967-05-16
- Description
- Report from Patricia Stephens Due to the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund relating her efforts to encourage African-American families in Leon County, Florida, to sign their children up to attend white schools. She also writes about the challenges she faced during this process. The report covers April 15-May 4, 1967.
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