Florida civil rights oral histories
Oral histories of Florida civil rights activists.
More About This Collection
Date of Original
1978/2006
Subject
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
People
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
Location
United States, Florida, Hillsborough County, Tampa, 27.94752, -82.45843
Medium
oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings
Type
Sound, Text
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.
Contributing Institution
University of South Florida. Tampa Library
University of South Florida. Library. Florida Studies Center. Oral History Program
University of South Florida. Library
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