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Description:: Civil rights resources from the State Library and Archives of Florida.
Date of Original:: 2000
Contributing Institution:: Florida. State Library
Florida State Archives

Description:: The Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine preserves, and makes available to the public, historical material documenting local race relations during the 1960s. In collaboration between Flagler College faculty and students, members of the community, and other archives and organizations, the Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine has collected oral histories, interviews, documents, and photographs.
Date of Original:: 1960/1969
Contributing Institution:: Samuel Proctor Oral History Program
St. Augustine Historical Society
St. Johns County Sheriff's Office
Proctor Library
United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Atlanta Branch
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
Saint Johns County School District (Fla.)
Florida State Archives

Description:
Date of Original:: 1960/1989
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Description:: The Bob Simms collection documents the life and activities of Robert H. Simms in the black communities in Coconut Grove and Miami and reflects his work with the Community Relations Board and the Defense Race Relations Institute. The collection also contains campaign materials from Leah Simms, the first African American female judge in the state of Florida, and the "Glory in the Grove" photographs of people and events at the George Washington Carver elementary and high schools in Coconut Grove before desegregation. A final component of the collection includes photographs, correspondence and clippings of General "Chappie" James and his family. General James was the first four star African American General and married Dorothy Watkins.
Date of Original:: 1953/1964
Contributing Institution:: University of Miami. Library. Special Collections

Description:: History of African American life during the age of Jim Crow, roughly the period from the 1890s to the 1950s.
Date of Original:: 1890/1959
Contributing Institution:: David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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