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Florida Civil Rights Oral Histories
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This oral history project includes interviews with several of Florida’s civil rights leaders who were active at the height of the civil rights movement in the United States and in Florida during the 1950s and 1960s. The oral history project provides details about local, regional and national civil rights issues. Interviews were conducted by researchers at USF and other Florida universities. The Florida Civil Rights Oral History Project is an open collection, to which more content will be added over time.
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Digital ID: F55-00021
Digital ID:
- (OCoLC)436214297
Call number:
- E185.93.F5
Creator: White, Alton.
Title: Alton White [electronic resource] / interviewed by Ericka Burroughs.
Published: Tampa, Fla. : University of South Florida Tampa Library, 1994.
Physical description: 1 sound file (37 min.) : digital, MPEG4 file +
Florida civil rights oral history projectSummary: Alton White describes his father Moses White's businesses on Central Avenue, Palm Dinette and the Cozy Corner, and his father's position as a community leader. He also discusses urban renewal's impact on Central Avenue.
Date/Time of Event:
- Interview conducted June 30, 1994.
Other Contributers: Burroughs, Ericka Lynise.
Other Contributers: University of South Florida Libraries. Florida Studies Center. Oral History Program.
Other Contributers: University of South Florida. Tampa Library.
C0 FHM ICollection: Florida Civil Rights OHP
Subjects:
- White, Alton.
- White, Moses.
- African American business enterprises Florida Tampa.
- Urban renewal Florida Tampa.
- Civil rights workers Interviews.
- Civil rights workers Florida.
- Oral history. local
- Online audio. local
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