"'Jazz King' Basie Joins Picket Line"
Dublin Core
Title
"'Jazz King' Basie Joins Picket Line"
Subject
Florida State University
race relations
segregation
Description
Prior to playing at Florida State University, Basie participated in a non-violent direct action against Jim Crow. It didn't matter how famous a person was to the Mecca, if they had black skin it refused to serve them food.
Creator
Florida Flambeau
Source
Original digital item located in DigiNole: FSU’s Digital Repository: http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_Flambeau_12041963
Date
1963-12-04
Rights
These materials were gathered together as part of an effort between FSU's History Department and FSU's Libraries to assemble materials related to the history of race relations in Tallahassee. The user is responsible for investigating any copyright restrictions on further use of these materials outside this digital collection.
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Identifier
FSU_Flambeau_12041963
fsu:275302
fsu:275302
Files
Citation
Florida Flambeau, “"'Jazz King' Basie Joins Picket Line",” A Community History of Race Relations: Tallahassee & Florida State University , accessed May 18, 2024, https://historyracerelationstlh.omeka.net/items/show/1148.