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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramPatricia Stephens at publishers banquet in Chicago.
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Collection
Patricia Stephens Due Papers, N2015-1, Box 10, Folder 33
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Jim Crow
Blacks--Civil rights
African Americans--Civil rights
Racism
Blacks--Segregation
African Americans--Segregation
Publishers and publishing
African American political activists
Women political activists
African American college students--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc)
African American civic leaders
Personal Subjects
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Note St. Louis American newspaper dated June 30, 1960.
Note paper reads, "Miss Patricia Stephens, left, a leader of the Florida A. and M. College sit-ins, was the speaker at the publishers banquet held Friday night in Chicago. John H. Johnson who was recently elected president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, is at the right, William O. Walker, a past president of the organization is in the center. Miss Stephens told the newspaper publishers of her long 49-day stay in a Florida jail, but added that she is continuing her fight against segregated lunch counters."
Biographical Note
Patricia Stephens Due was an African-American civil rights leader and activist. She was an educator, public speaker, author and life-long civil rights proponent.
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