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Letter from the Florida NAACP to Governor Farris Bryant, 1964

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State Archives of Florida, Series S756

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Letter from Rutledge Pearson and Robert Saunders of the Florida NAACP to Florida Governor Farris Bryant requesting the governor form a committee to address racial segregation and discrimination in the state following civil rights protests in St. Augustine.

Date

1964-04-01

Creator

Pearson, Rutledge Henry, 1929-1967
Saunders, Robert William, Sr., 1921-2003

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Letters (correspondence)

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Letter from the Florida NAACP to Governor Farris Bryant, 1964

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African Americans -- Segregation

Blacks -- Segregation

Segregation

Race discrimination

Civil rights

African Americans -- Civil rights

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Pearson, Rutledge Henry, 1929-1967

Saunders, Robert William, Sr., 1921-2003

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State Archives of Florida, Series S756

Date

1964-04-01

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letters (correspondence)

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eng-US

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s756_b022_f01_02

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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Tallahassee (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

Saint Augustine (Fla.)

Saint Johns County (Fla.)

Jacksonville (Fla.)

Duval County (Fla.)

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Civil Rights and Freedoms

Subject - Corporate

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Florida. Governor (1961-1965 : Bryant)

Subject - Person

Bryant, Farris (Cecil Farris), 1914-2002

Peabody, Mary Parkman, 1891-1981

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Pearson, Rutledge Henry, 1929-1967. Letter from the Florida NAACP to Governor Farris Bryant, 1964. 1964-04-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346127>, accessed 1 December 2024.

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Pearson, Rutledge Henry, 1929-1967. Letter from the Florida NAACP to Governor Farris Bryant, 1964. 1964-04-01. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346127>

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