Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories

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Title:Florida civil rights oral histories
Date:1978-2006
Description:

This oral history project includes interviews with several of Florida's civil rights leaders who were active at the height of the civil rights movement in the United States and in Florida during the 1950s and 1960s. The oral history project provides details about local, regional and national civil rights issues. Interviews were conducted by researchers at USF and other Florida universities. The Florida Civil Rights Oral History Project is an open collection, to which more content will be added over time.

Types:Oral histories | Sound recordings | Sound | Text
Subjects:Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 | Fort, Clarence | Rodriguez, Francisco A., Jr., 1916- | Saunders, Robert W. (Robert William), 1921- | Moore, Harry T., d. 1951 | Current, Gloster B. (Gloster Bryant), 1913- | Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981 | Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963 | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | Marshall, Thurgood, 1908-1993 | Hawkins, Virgil, 1906-1988 | Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955 | White, Alton | White, Moses | Wotitzky, Leo | Civil rights movements--Florida | Civil rights workers--Florida | African Americans--Florida--Civil rights | Florida--Race relations | Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Tampa | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | Cuban Americans--Florida--Tampa | African Americans--Florida--Tampa | Ybor City (Tampa, Fla.)--Politics and government | Tampa (Fla.)--Politics and government | College integration Florida | United States, Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa, 27.9475216, -82.4584279
Institution:University of South Florida Libraries
Contributors:University of South Florida. Library | University of South Florida. Library. Florida Studies Center. Oral History Program | University of South Florida. Tampa Library
Rights and Usage:

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