Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson delivering a speech in an auditorium - Tallahassee, Florida.

Title

• Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson delivering a speech in an auditorium - Tallahassee, Florida.

Image Number

• JB00394

Year

• Between 1969 and 1976

Series Title

• General: John Buckley collection.
• Specific: John Buckley collection Series/Collection number: N2008- 14, Photographic collection, 1969-1976 ; Box 1, no name 2

General Note

• Born on October 8, 1941. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister.

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

• Civil rights leaders
• African American men--Florida--Tallahassee
• Speeches, addresses, etc
• Civil rights
• African Americans--Civil rights
• African American political activists
• Civil rights movements--Florida--Tallahassee
• African American civil rights workers--Florida--Tallahassee
• African American clergy--Political activity
• African American religious leaders--Political activity

Geographic Term

• Leon County (Fla.)
• Tallahassee (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Jackson, Jesse, 1941---Political activity.

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