Otis R. Anthony African Americans in Florida Oral History Project

Interviewee

A. Leon Lowry

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Interviewer

Herbert Jones; Shirley Smith; Fred Beaton

Publication Date

2-25-2009

Date

1978-03-23

Abstract

Reverend A. Leon Lowry discusses his involvement in the civil rights movement, summarizes the history of Beulah Baptist Church, where he was the pastor, and comments on Tampa politics. Lowry was the former state NAACP president, leading many of the sit-ins and other demonstrations, and served on Tampa's Biracial Committee and the Hillsborough County School Board.

Keywords

Civil rights workers, African American clergy, African Americans, Politics and government, Baptist clergy, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Extent

01:02:13; 17 page transcript

Subject: geographic

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Language

English

Digital Date

2009

Media Type

Oral histories

Format

Digital only

Identifier

A31-00082

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