- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Title:
- Benjamin Cowins during a sit-in at McCrory's lunch counter in Tallahassee
- Date of Original:
- 1961
- Subject:
- Lunchrooms
Counters
Jim Crow
Lunch counters
Food service--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Discrimination in public accommodations
Race discrimination
Segregation
Blacks--Segregation
African Americans--Segregation
Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Political activity
Political activists
African American civil rights workers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Political participation
McCrory's (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University--Students - People:
- Cowins, Benjamin
- Location:
- United States, Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee, 30.43826, -84.28073
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- Photographed on February 21, 1961.
Accompanying note: "With money in his hand, FAMU student Benjamin Cowins tries to get service at a McCrory's lunch counter on February 21, 1961. He looks toward the waitress, who is ignoring him. Two weeks later he was arrested at a Neisners lunch counter, which led to his spending thirty days in jail." - Local Identifier:
- DUE001
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/296157
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint - b&w - 7 x 5 in.
- Original Collection:
- Patricia Stephens Due collection
Patricia Stephens Due Papers, N2015-1, Box 10, Folder 1 - Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
- Rights:
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