Civil rights.
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida Records
Correspondence and miscellaneous materials relating to personal liberty, civil rights, crime and criminals, desegregation of schools, and women.
Federal Bureau of Investigation St. Augustine Surveillance Files
Photocopies of surveillance records of racial tension in St. Augustine by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
George A. Smathers Papers
The papers of George A. Smathers (Democrat - Florida) documenting his service in the U.S. Senate.
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.
Judge John Milton Bryan Simpson Papers
Correspondence, newspaper clippings and case briefings of Judge Bryan Simpson.
Lillian Smith Papers
The papers of author, editor, and civil rights leader, Lillian Smith, include her manuscripts and short writings, biographical material, and correspondence, business records, and manuscripts for the journal The South Today.
Records of the University of Florida Department of Religion
Files maintained by the Dept. of Religion including administrative materials and documents related to extra-curricular activities of the faculty.
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.
Spessard L. Holland Papers
Personal and official political papers, dated 1913-1972, of former U.S. Senator and Florida Governor, Spessard Lindsey Holland.