African Americans.

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News clippings, correspondence, program booklets, DVD tapes, and other documents, related to local Black history in Alachua County, Florida.

Abstract Collection contains the administrative records of the African-American Studies Program at the University of Florida, including syllabi and course outlines for courses offered as part of the program. Also included are descriptions of African-American Studies programs offered at universities outside of UF. Publications related to African-American Studies, and publisher's catalogs that contain books related to African-American Studies are included. Some information on the formation of the...

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Records document the local Alachua NAACP chapter’s social justice advocacy efforts between 1946 and 2020 and consists of news clippings, meeting minutes, flyers, and other documents.

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Correspondence, subjects files, newsletters, and other records from the Florida Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

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Contains the correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, history of, and budget and financial information of the Black Student Union at the University of Florida. Also includes information on events and programming put on by the Black Student Union.

Abstract The papers of Farris Bryant cover the years 1942 to 1977, with an emphasis on the Florida Legislative, gubernatorial elections in 1956 and 1960, and his career in the Federal Office of Emergency Planning. Most of the papers were generated by Bryant himself or organizations of which Bryant was a part of; there are some papers that pertain to the operation of state agencies that were of interest to Bryant, such as the Board of Control, the Turnpike Authority, and the State Road Department...

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Photographs, articles, awards, memorabilia and other documents related to the Cotman Family. Illinoy Cotman was the oldest African American resident in Archer, Florida who could recite details from the Rosewood massacre of 1922. Her son, Henry Earl Cotman was one of the first African American students to graduate from the University of Florida College of Medicine in 1970.

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Burial records, photographs, cemetery maps, funeral service programs, and minutes from the Florida Morticians Association Inc.

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Establishing records, minutes, handbooks, reports, publications, program flyers, and other organizational records belonging to the Delta Sigma Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

Abstract The E. A. Cosby Collection dates from 1936 to 2010 and contains the papers of Dr. Edgar Allen Cosby, a dentist, University of Florida Professor, amateur photographer, and prominent member of Gainesville’s African American Community. The collection includes materials documenting his professional life as a dentist, his activities in the Gainesville community, personal and family life, involvement with the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and numerous photographs (including prints, negatives,...