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“Preparing for the Civil Rights Movement in Florida” at Tallahassee Museum of Florida History

On Thursday, October 16th at 6 p.m, Dr. Paul Ortiz will give a lecture titled, “Preparing for the Civil Rights Movement in Florida” and sign copies of the new edition of “Remembering Jim Crow.” This event is preparatory to the Tallahassee Museum of Florida History’s unveiling of its forthcoming exhibit on the civil rights movement in Florida. The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program (SPOHP) has been consulting with the staff at the museum on this historic exhibit which will run from November 7, 2014 – April 5, 2015.

Mrs. Laura Dixie, one of the last surviving organizers of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott of 1956, will also be honored at the event. SPOHP has conducted several oral history interviews with Mrs. Dixie. Her family hosts SPOHP’s Mississippi Freedom Project team every summer in Tallahassee for a barbecue and fish fry on the road to the Mississippi Delta.

Teachers: plan your students’ field trip to the Florida Museum now!

For more information about the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, visit the African American History Project site  and Mississippi Freedom Project site.