4 items found
Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Geographic Term contains "Greensboro (N.C.)"
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N.A.A.C.P. Mass Meeting for "Freedom Now" Flier, June 5, 1960

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.
Collection
N.A.A.C.P. Mass Meeting for "Freedom Now" Flier, June 5, 1960

N.A.A.C.P. Mass Meeting for "Freedom Now" Flier, June 5, 1960
National Council of Negro Women Brochure, 1946

National Council of Negro Women Brochure, 1946
Date
1946
Description
This brochure describes the mission and history of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). There are photographs of some of the members of the NCNW, a list of affiliated organizations and a list of the metropolitan councils of the NCNW by region.
Collection
National Council of Negro Women Brochure, 1946

National Council of Negro Women Brochure, 1946
Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865

Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865
Date
1861 (circa)
Description
A typescript copy of a diary kept by Robert Watson of Key West from September 1861 through March 1865. Watson describes the movements of the 7th Florida Infantry Regiment from Key West around Florida and then to Tennessee. The diary includes descriptions of weather, news, meals, illnesses and deaths.
Collection
Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865

Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865
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).
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Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960

Sit Ins: The Students Report, May 1960
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n2015-1_b003_f22_16N.A.A.C.P. Mass Meeting for "Freedom Now" Flier, June 5, 1960textSpeeches, addresses, etc.
Civil rights movements
Civil rights--Social Aspects		/fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f22_16.jpg
m95-2_b001_f06_01National Council of Negro Women Brochure, 1946textAfrican American women
National Council of Negro Women -- History
African American women -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century
African American women -- Social conditions		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m95-2_b001_f06_01.jpg
m76-139_b001_01Robert Watson Civil War Diary, 1861-1865textUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Florida--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil war		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/m76-139_b001_01.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
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