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Listen: The World ProgramProtest on FAMU campus in Tallahassee, Florida.
Image Number
TD00593B
Date Note
Photographed on April 13, 1959.
Rights
Collection
Tallahassee Democrat collection
M87- 27, Box 4
M87- 27, Box 4
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Ethnicity, African American
African Americans--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Social problems
Social justice
Offenses against the person--Political aspects
Offenses against the person--Social aspects
Sex crimes--Political aspects
Sex crimes--Social aspects
Rape--Political aspects
Rape--Social aspects
Demonstrations--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American universities and colleges--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
College campuses--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American college students--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Student protesters
Public institutions--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African Americans--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Social problems
Social justice
Offenses against the person--Political aspects
Offenses against the person--Social aspects
Sex crimes--Political aspects
Sex crimes--Social aspects
Rape--Political aspects
Rape--Social aspects
Demonstrations--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American universities and colleges--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
College campuses--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American college students--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Student protesters
Public institutions--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)
Additional Creator
Tallahassee Democrat (Firm)
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 35 mm.
General Note
Note Jones Hall in the background.
Accompanying note: "Most of the 2,800 Negro students at Florida A&M University stayed away from their classes today as part of a 'passive resistance' move designated to focus national attention to the mass rape of a Negro coed by four white men."
Protest on FAMU campus in Tallahassee, Florida.
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