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A Call to Action
"Girls, take a vital interest in government in all its details. You won't like it very much. You may think it isn't a clean game, but we women, if we keep our ideals, can do much to improve politics."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt, February 17, 1940, address to Florida State College for Women
Clifton Van Brunt Lewis's journey in civic activism began at the cusp of her graduation from the Florida State College for Women in 1940.
Supporting Civil Rights in the Capital City
Clifton and George supported the Tallahassee Civil Rights demonstrators by different means: visiting the jailed students, sitting with the defendants during trial and defying segregated courtroom seating, and by providing funds to Tallahassee CORE. They also hosted interracial meetings in their home and participated in committees for good government and human relations.