- Collection:
- Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories
- Title:
- Dr. Robert W. Saunders, Sr. / interviewed by Canter Brown
- Creator:
- Saunders, Robert W. (Robert William), 1921-
- Contributor to Resource:
- Brown, Canter
University of South Florida Libraries. Florida Studies Center. Oral History Program - Date of Original:
- 2002
- Subject:
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
African Americans--Civil rights--Florida
Civil rights workers--Interviews
Civil rights workers--Florida - People:
- Saunders, Robert W., Sr. (Robert William), 1921-2003
Moore, Harry T., 1905-1951
Current, Gloster B. (Gloster Bryant), 1913-1997
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 - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
- Medium:
- transcripts
oral histories (literary works)
sound recordings - Type:
- Sound
Text - Format:
- audio/mp4
application/pdf - Description:
- Dr. Robert W. Saunders, Sr., former field secretary of the Florida National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, describes the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. This interview focuses on the NAACP in Florida, discussing desegregation, the Tallahassee bus boycott, Florida politics, and other subjects. Numerous civil rights leaders are discussed in detail, including Harry T. Moore, Gloster B. Current, Roy Wilkins, Medgar Evars, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Virgil Hawkins, and Mary McLeod Bethune.
Interview conducted January 14, 2002 through January 18, 2002. - Metadata URL:
- http://digital.lib.usf.edu/SFS0022272/00001
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 sound file (592 min.) : digital, MPEG4 file + transcript
- Contributing Institution:
- University of South Florida. Tampa Library
- Rights:
-
