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Listen: The FolkFolk ProgramSeth Gaines and his taxi - Tallahassee, Florida.
Image Number
N047239
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Collection
General collection
Geographic Term
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.
General Note
He drove an independent taxi in the 1940s & 50s. In response to demands from civil rights activists during the bus boycott, he became the first African American to drive buses for the Tallahassee City Transit on a regular route.
Seth Gaines and his taxi - Tallahassee, Florida.
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