Florida State University students on College Avenue during the Free Sandford rally - Tallahassee, Florida.

Title

• Florida State University students on College Avenue during the Free Sandford rally - Tallahassee, Florida.

Image Number

• JB00007

Year

• 1969

Series Title

• General: John Buckley collection.
• Specific: John Buckley collection Series/Collection number: N2008- 14, Photographic collection, 1969-1976 ; Box 1, M00001

General Note

• Accompanying note: "FSU students demonstrating for the release of Phil Sandford, a graduate student and activist from Australia."
• He had been arrested on 5/13/1969 for charges of disorderly conduct and interfering with police officers. Sentenced to 18 months, Sandford was ultimately deported, a historically common method for getting rid of radicals.

Biography Note

• Photographer John Buckley grew up in Newport, Rhode Island and lived with his family for a time in Canada before moving to Panama City in the early 1950s. It was in Florida schools that he became acutely aware of racism and segregation in the Deep South. These experiences would have a lasting effect on his later life as an activist and photographer. He attended Florida State University from 1963 until 1967 and graduated with a degree in physics. While at FSU, he became deeply involved in political and social movements. In addition to taking pictures, he helped organize workers' strikes in Tallahassee and worked as a platform speaker and photographer for civil rights demonstrations, anti-war rallies, anti-nuclear demonstrations, and women's rights demonstrations. He passed away on December 7, 2008.

Photographer/Personal Author

• Buckley, John, d. 2008.

Physical Description

• 1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.

Subject Term

• Student protesters
• Civil rights movements--Florida--Tallahassee
• Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Tallahassee
• College students--Political activity
• Student movements--Florida--Tallahassee

Geographic Term

• Leon County (Fla.)
• College Avenue (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Sandford, Phil.

Subject Corporate

• Florida State University--Students.

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