A 2,000 foot telegram from thousands of Florida residents is held by state Senator Tom Slade, R-Jacksonville, on the state capitol steps in Tallahassee Thursday. The telegram was sent to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to come to Florida and personally see the adverse affects of mid-year school integration
A 2,000 foot telegram from thousands of Florida residents is held by state Senator Tom Slade, R-Jacksonville, on the state capitol steps in Tallahassee Thursday. The telegram was sent to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to come to Florida and personally see the adverse affects of mid-year school integration
A 2,000 foot telegram from thousands of Florida residents is held by state Senator Tom Slade, R-Jacksonville, on the state capitol steps in Tallahassee Thursday. The telegram was sent to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to come to Florida and personally see the adverse affects of mid-year school integration
A 2,000 foot telegram from thousands of Florida residents is held by state Senator Tom Slade, R-Jacksonville, on the state capitol steps in Tallahassee Thursday. The telegram was sent to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to come to Florida and personally see the adverse affects of mid-year school integration

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A 2,000 foot telegram from thousands of Florida residents is held by state Senator Tom Slade, R-Jacksonville, on the state capitol steps in Tallahassee Thursday. The telegram was sent to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to come to Florida and personally see the adverse affects of mid-year school integration,

January 1970

Photographer unidentified
Published by Associated Press
2022-267

Information

Title
A 2,000 foot telegram from thousands of Florida residents is held by state Senator Tom Slade, R-Jacksonville, on the state capitol steps in Tallahassee Thursday. The telegram was sent to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the justices to come to Florida and personally see the adverse affects of mid-year school integration
Dates

January 1970

Maker
Photographer unidentified
Published by Associated Press
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 24.4 × 15.2 cm (9 5/8 × 6 in.) sheet: 25.7 × 17.6 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of M. Robin Krasny, Class of 1973
Object Number
2022-267
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Florida, Tallahassee

Inscription
With newspaper caption with date stamp affixed to verso
Culture
American
Type
gelatin silver prints, photographs
Subject
photojournalism

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