BLACK ARCHIVES/ BATTLE OF NATURAL BRIDGE

Year

• 1975

Video Details

• 11:21; color; sound; V-218 BA384; S.1239

Description

• This film has footage of the Black Archives commemoration ceremonies in Tallahassee. Dr. Benjamin Smith of Florida A&M University comments on growing up in Monticello. Mrs. Adderley comments on Julian "Cannonball" Adderley's inclusion in the archives. A former FAMU athlete donates the Cleve Abbott Award of 1963 to the archives. In the next segment, Civil War reenactors recreate the battle of Natural Bridge near Tallahassee. Produced by WFSU-TV.

Corporate Creator

• WFSU-TV

Corporate Subject

• Battle of Natural Bridge (Wakulla County, Fla.)
• Black Archives (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

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

Personal Subject

• Adderley, Julian "Cannonball"
• Smith, Benjamin

Subject

• African American history
• Civil War
• Commemorations