Florida Civil Rights Oral History Project
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Interviewer
Brown, Canter, Jr., 1948-; University of South Florida--Libraries--Oral History Program; University of South Florida. Library
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, 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 Evars, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Virgil Hawkins, and Mary McLeod Bethune.
Keywords
African Americans, Civil rights, Florida, Civil rights workers, Interviews
Subject: geographic
Florida
Holding Location
University of South Florida
Language
English
Media Type
Oral histories; Online audio; Interviews
Format
audio/mp3
Identifier
F55-00001
Recommended Citation
Saunders, Robert W. Sr, "Dr. Robert W. Saunders, Sr" (2002). Florida Civil Rights Oral History Project. 4.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fl_civil_rights_ohp/4
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