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REVEREND C.K. STEELE

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Year

1970 (circa)

Video Details

30:54; color; sound; V-119 DA066; S.1239

Description

This film begins with a demonstration by blacks protesting the shooting of a black man outside Jones' Grocery Store in Tallahassee. The Rev. Steele addresses opponents on the naming of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and the KKK in Tallahassee. There is another demonstration through downtown Tallahassee led by Steele ending on the steps of the Capitol. The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at a FAMU banquet. Produced by WFSU-TV.

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WFSU-TV

Corporate Subject

Florida State Capitol (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Jones' Grocery Store (Tallahassee, Fla.)
Ku Klux Klan
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

Tallahassee

Personal Subject

Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Steele, Reverend Charles Kenzie, 1914-1980

Subject

African American history
Civil rights activists
Civil rights leaders-1940-1980
Civil rights movement
Civil rights movements-Florida-Tallahassee-History-20th century
Demonstrations
Protests
White supremacist organizations

Title

REVEREND C.K. STEELE

Subject

African American history

Civil rights activists

Civil rights leaders-1940-1980

Civil rights movement

Civil rights movements-Florida-Tallahassee-History-20th century

Demonstrations

Protests

White supremacist organizations

Description

Date

1970 (circa)

Contributor

WFSU-TV

Color

color

Video Details

30:54; color; sound; V-119 DA066; S.1239

Geographic Term

Tallahassee (Fla.)

Subject - Person

Jackson, Jesse, 1941-

Steele, Reverend Charles Kenzie, 1914-1980

Subject - Corporate

Florida State Capitol (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Jones' Grocery Store (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Ku Klux Klan

Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Tallahassee, Fla.)

Video Time

30:54:00

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Digitized

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REVEREND C.K. STEELE. 1970 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253531>, accessed 4 November 2025.

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REVEREND C.K. STEELE. 1970 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/253531>

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Florida Memory is a digital outreach program providing free online access to select archival records from collections housed in the State Library and Archives of Florida. Florida Memory digitizes materials that illuminate the state's history and culture.

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For FY2025-26, the percentage of total costs for the Florida Memory program financed with federal money is 66%; the federal dollar amount to be spent on the program is $1,027,650. This program does not receive any non-governmental funding.

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