Florida Civil Rights Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Canter Brown, Jr.
Publication Date
1-14-2002
Date
2002
Abstract
Dr. Robert W. Saunders, Sr., former field secretary of the Florida National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), describes the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. This interview focuses on the NAACP in Florida, discussing desegregation, the Tallahassee bus boycott, Florida politics, and other subjects. Numerous civil rights leaders are discussed in detail, including Harry T. Moore, Gloster B. Current, Roy Wilkins, Medgar Evers, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Virgil Hawkins, and Mary McLeod Bethune.
Keywords
African Americans, Civil rights, Civil rights workers, Civil rights demonstrations, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Segregation, Race relations, Harry T. Moore (1905-1951), Gloster B. (Gloster Bryant) Current (1913-1997), Roy Wilkins (1901-1981), Medgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Thurgood Marshall (1907-1993), Virgil Hawkins (1906-1988), Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)
Extent
03:01:10; 144 page transcript
Language
English
Digital Date
2002
Media Type
Oral histories
Format
Digital Only
Identifier
F55-00001
Recommended Citation
Saunders, Robert W. Sr., "Robert W. Saunders, Sr., Oral History Interview" (2002). Florida Civil Rights Oral History Project. 4.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_civil_rights_ohp/4
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