FAMU Students Plan Tour of State to Oppose Merger

Original Title

FAMU Students Tour to Oppose Merger

Devised Title

FAMU Students Plan Tour of State to Oppose Merger

Date

1971-04-21

Creator

Tallahassee Democrat See all items with this value

Brad Silliman See all items with this value

Contributor

Benjamin L. Perry

Description

Journalist Brad Silliman, writing for the Tallahassee Democrat, discusses a plan created by students at Florida A&M University to tour the state of Florida on a telegram and letter campaign to the Florida Congress. This protest was in response to a suggestion by two state senators to merge the two institutions to save costs.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Education See all items with this value

HBCU institutional history See all items with this value

HBCU leadership See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Ink

Measurements

L:19.5cm x W:23cm

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

AR_0007_001_006_B06_F03

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0391

Rights

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Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Source

History of FAMU Collection

Collection

President Benjamin L. Perry Collection See all items with this value

Language

English

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