AAC. African Americans, Civil Rights, Enslavement
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
John A. H. Murphree Files Regarding the Virgil D. Hawkins Case
Case files belonging to Florida Circuit Judge John A. H. Murphree concerning the 1956 Supreme Court Case Virgil Hawkins v. Board of Control regarding the admission of Virgil Hawkins, a Black man, as a law student at the all white law school at the University of Florida. Murphree was appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to act as commissioner on the case and gather information for the Florida Supreme Court ruling.
John T. Foster, Jr. and Sarah Whitmer Foster Collection
A collection of research materials and original source materials collected and preserved by John T. Foster Jr. and Sarah Whitmer Foster, especially pertaining to their work on Reconstruction-era Florida and northeast Florida in the 19th century.
Judge John Milton Bryan Simpson Papers
Correspondence, newspaper clippings and case briefings of Judge Bryan Simpson.
Observations Importantes by Sugar Traders in Nantes, France
"Observations Importantes" by anonymous sugar traders in Nantes, France, and an "Avis" written by the deputies of commerce of Brittany.
Raymond A. Mohl Research Papers
Raymond A. Mohl was a distinguished historian of modern America, who studied ethnic, social, and urban history. His areas of interest included urban planning/interstate highway construction, civil rights in Florida, and immigration in the New South. The collection is comprised of Mohl's writings, correspondence, and research materials primarily related to civil rights in Florida.
Records of the Gainesville Chapter of The Links, Incorporated
Establishing records, minutes, handbooks, reports, publications, and other organizational records belonging to the Gainesville Chapter of The Links, Incorporated.
Records of the Gainesville Women for Equal Rights (GWER)
Records of the Gainesville Women for Equal Rights including correspondence, meeting minutes, and newsletters.
Robert "Bob" Canney Collection
Papers of social activist Robert Benjamin Canney, primarily related to his trial and imprisonment following a 1970 anti-war demonstration in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Slavery and Plantations in Saint Domingue Collection
Collection of 22 handwritten letters pertaining to potential sales of various plantations and holdings, including slaves, in St. Domingue (present-day Haiti).
Steven F. Lawson Research Papers
Copies of research material gathered by Steven Lawson for articles on the Groveland case and the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (Johns Committee).