Activist walking to rally to free political prisoner Bill Johnson.

Title

• Activist walking to rally to free political prisoner Bill Johnson.

Image Number

• JB00159

Year

• 1971

Date Note

• Photographed on July 31, 1971.

Series Title

• General: John Buckley collection.
• Specific: John Buckley collection Series/Collection number: N2008- 14, Photographic collection, 1969-1976 ; Box 1, M000013-C

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, John Buckley 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

• African American men--Florida--Tallahassee
• Political activists
• African Americans--Political activity
• Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Tallahassee
• Civil rights movements--Florida--Tallahassee
• Political prisoners

Geographic Term

• Frenchtown (Tallahassee, Fla)
• Leon County (Fla)

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