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From Florida Memory: "Photographed at Calhoun Street and Apalachee Parkway after picketing at the State Theatre in downtown. After demonstrating for nine days without arrest, demonstrators were arrested on formal charges of contempt of court for…

Student protesters in front of the Florida Theatre, Tallahassee, Florida. Note in background at left is future Florida State Senator Arthenia Joyner.

From Florida Memory: "Patricia Stephens Due was an African-American civil rights leader and activist. She was an educator, public speaker, author and life-long civil rights proponent."

From Florida Memory: "Photographed on Calhoun Street at Apalachee Parkway after picketing at the State Theatre in downtown. After demonstrating for nine days without arrest, demonstrators were arrested on formal charges of contempt of court for…

The final object in this case is a page from the school newspaper, the Florida Flambeau. The text is very dense in the style of the times, with very few images. Locate the article entitled “First Lady Says Know Government” at the top left of the…

The photo depicts young men and women in long, formal dresses and suits standing outside in a park. They stand in pairs, with men holding parasols and women holding bouquets of flowers. The people are arranged in a curve with a couple at the center…

Small pamphlet distributed during World War II.

Small pamphlet distributed during World War II.

A black and white photograph of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt standing in a room dressed in a dark outfit and holding a fur coat in her left hand. She smiles at the camera.

The black and white image shows a packed auditorium full of female students rapt in attention.