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Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Geographic Term contains "Delray beach "
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Draft Notes Regarding an Agreement Regarding a New "Negro Beach" for Delray Beach, ca. June 1956

Draft Notes Regarding an Agreement Regarding a New "Negro Beach" for Delray Beach, ca. June 1956
Date
1956
Description
Notes relating to an agreement between the City Commission of Delray Beach in Palm Beach County and representatives of the African American community in Delray Beach regarding a new "Negro Beach" and swimming pool. This agreement followed an acrimonious dispute over whether to integrate Delray Beach's existing municipal beach.
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Draft Notes Regarding an Agreement Regarding a New "Negro Beach" for Delray Beach, ca. June 1956

Draft Notes Regarding an Agreement Regarding a New "Negro Beach" for Delray Beach, ca. June 1956
Florida Turnpike and Interstate System Brochure, 1966

Florida Turnpike and Interstate System Brochure, 1966
Date
1966
Description
Brochure with detailed map of the Florida Turnpike system, along with other major state and federal highways. Mileage charts and useful information about the Florida Turnpike's facilities are included.
Collection
Florida Turnpike and Interstate System Brochure, 1966

Florida Turnpike and Interstate System Brochure, 1966
Letter from Catherine E. Strong to LeRoy Collins Describing Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 7, 1956

Letter from Catherine E. Strong to LeRoy Collins Describing Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 7, 1956
Date
1956-06-07
Description
City commissioner and vice-mayor Catherine E. Strong writes to Governor LeRoy Collins, relating the latest in a series of events stemming from a dispute between whites and African Americans living in Delray Beach. Following an attempt by African American citizens of Delray Beach to integrate the municipal beaches, four members of the city commission voted to remove the African American section of Delray Beach from the boundaries of the municipality, despite the fact that those neighborhoods were actually surrounded by other parts of the city. Strong describes the political situation in detail and asks Collins to veto any effort to exclude the African American neighborhoods from the limits of Delray Beach.
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Letter from Catherine E. Strong to LeRoy Collins Describing Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 7, 1956

Letter from Catherine E. Strong to LeRoy Collins Describing Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 7, 1956
Letter from Catherine E. Strong, Vice-Mayor of Delray Beach, to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding Segregation at Public Beaches - July 3, 1956

Letter from Catherine E. Strong, Vice-Mayor of Delray Beach, to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding Segregation at Public Beaches - July 3, 1956
Date
1956-07-03
Description
Letter from Vice-Mayor Catherine E. Strong of Delray beach and Governor LeRoy Collins, describing the outcome of a dispute between city officials and local African American citizens over segregated beach and pool facilities. Strong reports that the city and African American citizens had reached an agreement to end the dispute.
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Letter from Catherine E. Strong, Vice-Mayor of Delray Beach, to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding Segregation at Public Beaches - July 3, 1956

Letter from Catherine E. Strong, Vice-Mayor of Delray Beach, to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding Segregation at Public Beaches - July 3, 1956
Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956

Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956
Date
1956-06-23
Description
Letter from Miami Herald reporter Hendrik J. Berns to Governor LeRoy Collins, asking Collins to use his influence to calm the racial tensions prevailing at that time in Delray Beach in Palm Beach County. Berns notes that the situation had recently reached a crescendo in which the city commission had recently passed an ordinance to exclude the African American neighborhoods from the city limits.
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Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956

Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956
Letter from the Delray Beach Civic League to LeRoy Collins Regarding a Dispute over Segregated Beaches - June 25, 1956

Letter from the Delray Beach Civic League to LeRoy Collins Regarding a Dispute over Segregated Beaches - June 25, 1956
Date
1956-06-25
Description
Letter from the Delray Beach Civic League to Governor LeRoy Collins, asking him to intervene in a dispute between the City Commission of Delray Beach and the city's African American community regarding segregated beaches. The African American community had recently demanded equal access to the city's municipal beach, whereupon the city commission drafted a resolution to exclude the African American neighborhoods of Delray Beach from the city limits.
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Letter from the Delray Beach Civic League to LeRoy Collins Regarding a Dispute over Segregated Beaches - June 25, 1956

Letter from the Delray Beach Civic League to LeRoy Collins Regarding a Dispute over Segregated Beaches - June 25, 1956
Letter from the Mayor and Commissioners of Delray Beach to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding the Integration of Municipal Beach Facilities - May 26, 1956

Letter from the Mayor and Commissioners of Delray Beach to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding the Integration of Municipal Beach Facilities - May 26, 1956
Date
1956-05-26
Description
Letter from Mayor Mike Yargates and the City Commissioners of Delray Beach in Palm Beach County, asking the governor to consider using state funds to purchase a minimum of 500 feet of beach frontage with which to build a segregated beach facility for African Americans. There had been, according to the city officials, an "effort of the negroes of our near communities to invade the Municipal Beach," and they believed the problem could be resolved if a separate and comparable facility was set aside by the state. The commissioners also thank Governor Collins for sending agents from his office to meet with them regarding the difficulties of integration.
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Letter from the Mayor and Commissioners of Delray Beach to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding the Integration of Municipal Beach Facilities - May 26, 1956

Letter from the Mayor and Commissioners of Delray Beach to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding the Integration of Municipal Beach Facilities - May 26, 1956
List of Members of the State Advisory Committee on Negro Participation, ca. 1941

List of Members of the State Advisory Committee on Negro Participation, ca. 1941
Date
1941 (circa)
Description
A list of members on the State Defense Council's Advisory Committee on Negro Participation.
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List of Members of the State Advisory Committee on Negro Participation, ca. 1941

List of Members of the State Advisory Committee on Negro Participation, ca. 1941
Proposal by the Delray Beach Civic League to Resolve Conflict over Use of Public Beaches - May 26, 1956

Proposal by the Delray Beach Civic League to Resolve Conflict over Use of Public Beaches - May 26, 1956
Date
1956-05-26
Description
Proposal submitted by the Delray Beach Civic League for a solution to an ongoing dispute between city authorities of Delray Beach and African American citizens regarding the use of public beaches. The Civic League outlines a plan for a segregated beach facility and swimming pool that meet their needs.
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Proposal by the Delray Beach Civic League to Resolve Conflict over Use of Public Beaches - May 26, 1956

Proposal by the Delray Beach Civic League to Resolve Conflict over Use of Public Beaches - May 26, 1956
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
s776_b033_f05_21Draft Notes Regarding an Agreement Regarding a New "Negro Beach" for Delray Beach, ca. June 1956TextSegregation/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s776_b033_f05_21.jpg
sle_transportation_04Florida Turnpike and Interstate System Brochure, 1966TextRoad maps
Tourist maps
Express highways
Toll roads		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_transportation_04.jpg
s776_b033_f05_20Letter from Catherine E. Strong to LeRoy Collins Describing Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 7, 1956TextSegregation/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s776_b033_f05_20.jpg
s776_b033_f05_18Letter from Catherine E. Strong, Vice-Mayor of Delray Beach, to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding Segregation at Public Beaches - July 3, 1956TextSegregation/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s776_b033_f05_18.jpg
s776_b033_f05_19Letter from Hendrik J. Berns to LeRoy Collins Regarding Racial Tensions in Delray Beach - June 23, 1956TextSegregation/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s776_b033_f05_19.jpg
s776_b033_f05_24Letter from the Delray Beach Civic League to LeRoy Collins Regarding a Dispute over Segregated Beaches - June 25, 1956TextSegregation/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s776_b033_f05_24.jpg
s776_b033_f05_08Letter from the Mayor and Commissioners of Delray Beach to Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding the Integration of Municipal Beach Facilities - May 26, 1956TextSegregation/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s776_b033_f05_08.jpg
s419_b033_f12_x01List of Members of the State Advisory Committee on Negro Participation, ca. 1941TextCommittees
Civil defense
Emergency preparedness
Advisory boards
World War (1939-1945)		/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s419_b033_f12_x01.jpg
s776_b033_f05_04Proposal by the Delray Beach Civic League to Resolve Conflict over Use of Public Beaches - May 26, 1956TextSegregation/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s776_b033_f05_04.jpg