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Telegram from Mary McLeod Bethune to Governor Sholtz, 1934

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State Archives of Florida, Series S278

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Telegram on the lynching of Robert Johnson in Tampa.

Date

1934-01-31

Creator

Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955|

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Telegrams

JNB13 12=DAYTONABEACH FLO 31 849A

GOVERNOR DAVE SHOLTZ=
TALLAHASSEE FLO=

NEGROES OF FLORIDA COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR STAND IN DEPLORABLE TAMPA TRAGEDY=

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE.

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Telegram from Mary McLeod Bethune to Governor Sholtz, 1934

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Lynching

Florida. Office of the Governor

African Americans--Civil rights

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Telegram on the lynching of Robert Johnson in Tampa.

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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955|

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State Archives of Florida, Series S278

Date

1934-01-31

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telegrams

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eng-US

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Text

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S278_b073_f05_02

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Depression Era Florida (1926-1939)

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Tallahassee (Fla.)

Daytona Beach (Fla.)

Tampa (Fla.)

Leon County (Fla.)

Volusia County (Fla.)

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Slavery and Race Relations

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Sholtz, David, 1891-1953

Johnson, Robert, 1894-1934

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JNB13 12=DAYTONABEACH FLO 31 849A

GOVERNOR DAVE SHOLTZ=
TALLAHASSEE FLO=

NEGROES OF FLORIDA COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR STAND IN DEPLORABLE TAMPA TRAGEDY=

MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE.

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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955|. Telegram from Mary McLeod Bethune to Governor Sholtz, 1934. 1934-01-31. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/324342>, accessed 27 December 2024.

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Bethune, Mary McLeod, 1875-1955|. Telegram from Mary McLeod Bethune to Governor Sholtz, 1934. 1934-01-31. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/324342>

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