- Collection:
- AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
- Title:
- American Federation of Teachers, University of Florida Black Student Crisis (see also United Faculty of Florida) - Cobb Federation of Teachers
- Creator:
- AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
- Date of Original:
- 1969
1971
1981 - Subject:
- Labor unions
Student movements
African American student movements
Discrimination in education
Teachers' unions
American Federation of Teachers
United Federation of Teachers
Cobb Federation of Teachers (Cobb County, Ga.)
Service Employees International Union - People:
- Sisler, Harry Hall, 1917-2007
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Fairfax, Jean E. (Jean Emily), 1920-2019 - Location:
- United States, Florida, Alachua County, Gainesville, 29.65163, -82.32483
- Medium:
- files (document groupings)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Consists of materials related to a 1971 arrest of Black student protestors at the University of Florida (UF), which led to the withdrawal and resignation of other Black UF students and faculty. Includes reports and notes of an American Federation of Teachers (AFT)-led committee investigating the incident and racial discrimination at UF, as well as articles on the incident and its aftermath.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/AFLCIO/id/59479
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: L1989-17_07_2856_004, Series VII: Union Files, 1966-1987, AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department records, Southern Labor Archives, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University, Atlanta.
- Extent:
- 131 pages
- Original Collection:
- 2856
Southern Labor Archives
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/433/inventory
Series VII: Union Files, 1966-1987
AFL-CIO Southern Area Civil Rights Department records (L1989-17) - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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