- Collection:
- Florida Memory Project
- Title:
- Reverend C. K. Steele at the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church - Tallahassee, Florida
- Date of Original:
- 1957
- Subject:
- Crosses
Discrimination in public accommodations
Civil rights movements
African American civil rights workers--Florida--Tallahassee
African American men--Florida--Tallahassee
Baptists--Clergy
African American clergy--Florida--Tallahassee
Bethel Missionary Baptist Church (Tallahassee, Fla.) - People:
- Steele, C. K. (Charles Kenzie), 1914-1980
- Location:
- United States, Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee, 30.43826, -84.28073
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Description:
- For nearly seven months in 1956, Tallahassee African Americans would not ride the city buses in protest of the segregated seating. As a result of the boycott, 21 members of the Inter Civic Council were convicted on charges of operating an illegal tranportation system set up as a car pool without a franchise. They were fined $11,000. On December 24th, Reverend C.K. Steele, Reverend A.C. Redd and Reverend H. McNeal Harris rode several buses sitting close to the front. Reverend J. Meta Rollins and Deacon Dan B. Speed also defied the seating convention on several buses that day.
Accompanying note: "Rev. Charles K. Steele with the 4' cross that was burned at his church, at 224 north Boulevard St., at about 9:30 PM on January 2, 1957. Most likely brought on by the front of the bus riding demonstrations the week before."
Photographed on January 3, 1957. - Local Identifier:
- Shelf number: 07781.
Image Number: RC12436 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/34871
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
- Original Collection:
- General: Reference collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Florida State Archives
- Rights:
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