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African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Black Student Union Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: HUA 2017-057
Scope and Contents The Florida State University Black Student Union (BSU) is a student government agency that offers black students a form of identity and social life on campus. Founded in 1968, BSU seeks to develop unity among black students and functions as a vehicle of communication to the faculty and administration of Florida State University. Please note this collection is unprocessed. See restrictions note for more information. Below is a listing of the collection's current contents. Box 1: Executive Board Meeting Agenda, 2013-14BSU Seminole Minority Leadership Institute Application, after 2011Student Government Applications, 2014 -...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1990-2017

David Y. Thomas Collection

 Collection — Box 157
Identifier: MSS 83-1
Scope and Contents

Collection of printed booklets and pamphlets on the race relations.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1943; Other: Majority of material found in 1916-1920, 1943; Other: Date acquired: 02/01/1983

Eldridge Williams papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2001 Box 11 (01.0278-01.0305), Folder: 01.0298 - Folder 1
Identifier: 01.0298
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of an oral history interview transcript of a retired African American lieutenant colonel, and one of the Tuskegee Airmen, as he discusses his experiences during WWII and the Korean War.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1940-1963; Other: Date acquired: 07/26/2001

Clarence J. Inniss papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2000 Box 26 (00.0776-00.0805), Folder: 00.0799
Identifier: 00.0799
Scope and Contents

These papers relate to Clarence J. Inniss, an African American corporal who served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater. The collection consists of an oral history interview transcript, a map, discharge papers, and photographs.

Dates: 1941-1945; Other: Date acquired: 08/07/2000; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-04-02

Coleridge Augustus Jemmott papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2005 Box 5 (05.0133-05.0148), Folder: 05.0143
Identifier: 05.0143
Scope and Contents

Coleridge Augustus Jemmott was an African American soldier in the United States Army, "I" company, 22nd Quartermaster Regiment. He served in Italy and North Africa as a sergeant, transporting the "Anizio Annie" cannon, from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains photographs and ephemera from Jemmott's war years. There are sixty black-and-white photographs of Jemmott with his unit in North Africa and Italy. There is also a menu from a Casablanca restaurant, Port of Leghorn entry card, newspaper clippings, and a North African Theater uniform patch.

Dates: 1942-1946; Other: Majority of material found within 1943; Other: Date acquired: 05/10/2011

Russell Garvin Typescript

 Collection — Box 311
Identifier: MSS 2015-005
Scope and Contents

Typescript of "The Free Negro in Florida Before the Civil War" by Russell Garvin, 36 pages.

Dates: 1965

The Voice of the Clergy

 Collection — Map Case 1, Drawer 2
Identifier: MSS 1965-252
Scope and Contents This broadside pertains to the emancipation of slaves, Philadelphia, PA, September, 1863. Other than the name of John Henry Hopkins, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont, the broadside contains 104 names of Episcopal churchmen. The broadside uses language similar to the language of the Civil Rights articles that were appearing in the 1960s. The broadside also lists names of Episcopal churches, their locations, and the names of bishops, rectors, prevosts, and professors of Divinity Schools. Also known as MSS 0-252. Online Copy Available ...
Dates: Other: Majority of material found in 1863

Robert C. and Juanita Watson papers

 Collection — Single Folder Collections - 2005 Box 4 (05.0102-05.0132), Folder: 05.0113 - Folder 1
Identifier: 05.0113
Scope and Contents

This World War II collection relates to Robert C. Watson, an African American soldier who served in the Navy during World War II. It contains a page of the roll call from the 316th Port Company with Robert C. Watson's name. There are also news articles and comics from the base. There are photographs of Robert C. Watson's unit and his Veteran's questionnaire. There is also an article he wrote about his experience as a black man who appeared white in the Navy.

Dates: 1943-2005; Other: Majority of material found within 1944; Other: Date acquired: 2005; Other: Date accessioned: 2020-05-30