n2015-1_b001_f09_23 | "Scrapbook" by American Friends Service Committee, April 1960 | Text | Civil defense Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Passive resistance | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b001_f09_23.jpg |
"Scrapbook" by American Friends Service Committee, April 1960
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- 1960-04
- Description
- "Scrapbook" newsletter, Volume 15, Number 7, on the topics of picketing, forms of civil disobedience and civil defense tactics. The envelope indicates that the newsletter was sent from Richard Hiler to Patricia Stephens.
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n2015-1_b003_f16_10 | CORE-lator Newsletter, April 1960 | Text | Race relations Civil rights--Social aspects Nonviolence | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f16_10.jpg |
CORE-lator Newsletter, April 1960
- Date
- 1960-04
- Description
- CORE-lator newsletter, number 81 outlining newly formed Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) chapters across the United States, recent arrests and updates about CORE's work across the country. "Letter From A Jailed Student" was written by Tallahassee civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due while she was in jail with seven others for holding a sit-in at Woolworth's. She includes the names of the other jailed students and describes her experience in jail.
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n2015-1_b003_f16_17 | The Core of the Matter Newsletter, Tallahassee, July 1963 | Text | Race relations Civil rights--Social aspects Nonviolence | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f16_17.jpg |
The Core of the Matter Newsletter, Tallahassee, July 1963
- Date
- 1963-07
- Description
- The Core of the Matter newsletter, volume 1, number 2, published by the Tallahassee Committee of Racial Equality, with information about student stand-ins at movie theaters; a description of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); a reprint of a telegram sent by Patricia Stephens Due of CORE to President John F. Kennedy requesting that no federal funds be used to celebrate St. Augustine's 400th anniversary because it would be a "celebration of 400 years of slavery and segregation;" and other news about CORE's activities.
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n2015-1_b003_f17_74 | Florida Free Press Newsletter, November 20, 1964 | Text | Race relations Civil rights--Social aspects Nonviolence | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f17_74.jpg |
Florida Free Press Newsletter, November 20, 1964
- Date
- 1964-11-20
- Description
- Florida Free Press newsletter, number 17, published by the North Florida Citizenship Education Project. This newsletter features stories about Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) activities in North Florida, voter registration drives and other news.
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n2015-1_b003_f23_26 | SGA Newsletter, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, March 22, 1960 | Text | Civil rights movements Civil rights--Social Aspects Mass media and race relations | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/n2015-1_b003_f23_26.jpg |
SGA Newsletter, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, March 22, 1960
- Date
- 1960-03-22
- Description
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU)'s SGA newsletter, volume 1, number 5 with a letter from Clement Carney, who was in jail following a sit-in at Woolworth's in Tallahassee. The seven other jailed students are listed in the newsletter and FAMU's students are asked to write them letters of encouragement. Also in the newsletter is a section asking students to avoid shopping in downtown Tallahassee because the stores are discriminating against African-Americans and another section about the speech Governor LeRoy Collins made on March 20, 1960, in which he directly confronted the issue of discrimination at department store lunch counters.
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s1486_b017_f27_01 | The Core of the Matter Newsletter, May 25, 1961 | Text | African Americans--Civil rights African Americans--Political activity Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Tallahassee | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s1486_b017_f27_01.jpg |
The Core of the Matter Newsletter, May 25, 1961
- Date
- 1961-05-25
- Description
- A newsletter published jointly by the Inter Civic Council, Inc., Tallahassee NAACP, and The Tallahassee CORE (Congress on Racial Equality) about civil rights acitivites happening around Tallahassee. The text includes information about hunger strikes and boycotts taking place locally. At the end of the newsletter is a letter dated May 26, 1961, written by C.K. Steele regarding his reasons for fasting.
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s419_b012_f12_01 | Crestviews newsletter - June 1, 1942 | Text | Conscientious objectors Civilian Public Service Public health | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s419_b012_f12_01.jpg |
Crestviews newsletter - June 1, 1942
- Date
- 1942-06-01
- Description
- June 1, 1942 edition of a newsletter titled "Crestviews," published by members of the Civilian Public Service Program residing at Camp Crestview in Okaloosa County, Florida. The Civilian Public Service program provided conscientious objectors with an alternative to military service during World War II. This edition of "Crestviews" includes a history of Camp Crestview and an explanation of its work. Residents were engaged primarily in projects benefiting public health, including building sanitary privies, screening houses, and drilling wells. Many of the conscientious objectors at Camp Crestview belonged to religious groups traditionally opposed to war, including Quakers, Mennonites, and the Church of the Brethren.
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s79_b01_f37_02 | Religious Committee for the ERA newsletter | Text | Equal rights amendments Women's rights Women -- Legal status, laws, etc | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/s79_b01_f37_02.jpg |
sle_colleges-state-universities_03 | Beta Zeta News, University of Florida, March 1917 | Text | Greek letter societies Student activities Students--Social life and customs | /fmp/selected_documents/thumbnails/sle_colleges-state-universities_03.jpg |
Beta Zeta News, University of Florida, March 1917
- Date
- 1917-03
- Description
- This newsletter includes multiple sections: Alumni Notes, The Active Chapter, Scholarship, Beta Zeta Athletics, The Convention, Voluntary Remarks and Cupid's Corner.
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n2018-21_b001_f05_01 | The Benson Reflector - Benson Springs, Florida - February 1932 | Text | Student newspapers and periodicals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/collections/broadsides/thumbnails/n2018-21_b001_f05_01.jpg |
The Benson Reflector - Benson Springs, Florida - February 1932
- Date
- 1932-02
- Description
- Inaugural number of the Benson Reflector, a newsletter published by the senior students of the Benson Springs Junior High School near what is now Enterprise in Volusia County. The newsletter includes material on both faculty and students, as well as jokes. Many students are identified throughout the newsletter.
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