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Listen: The Gospel ProgramBasketball team from Illinois at Paradise Park.
Image Number
MOZ00156
Photographer
Mozert, Bruce, 1916-2015.
Date
1950 (circa)
Rights
Collection
General collection
Bruce Mozert collection N2018-20, Box 1
Bruce Mozert collection N2018-20, Box 1
Subject Term
Jim Crow
Race discrimination
Discrimination in public accommodations
Segregation
Service industries--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs
Tourism--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs
Attractions--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs
Springs--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs
Basketball teams--Illinois
African Americans--Illinois
African American young men--Illinois
Basketball
Race discrimination
Discrimination in public accommodations
Segregation
Service industries--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs
Tourism--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs
Attractions--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs
Springs--Florida--Marion County--Silver Springs
Basketball teams--Illinois
African Americans--Illinois
African American young men--Illinois
Basketball
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 60 mm.
General Note
Note "E" on their jackets.
Owners of the Silver Springs attraction Carl Ray and W.M. "Shorty" Davidson opened Paradise Park in 1949 as a tourist attraction for African Americans only. The park was located just south of Silver Springs and stayed in operation until the late 1960s.
Basketball team from Illinois at Paradise Park.
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