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Listen: The Bluegrass & Old-Time ProgramMusician Count Basie joining civil rights demonstrators in front of the Mecca - Tallahassee, Florida.
Image Number
RC14366
Date Note
Photographed in December 1963.
Rights
Collection
Reference collection
Geographic Term
Subject Term
Celebrities
African American entertainers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American musicians--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Instrumentalists
Pianists
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Picketing
Civil rights movements--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American entertainers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American musicians--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Instrumentalists
Pianists
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Picketing
Civil rights movements--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Personal Subjects
Physical Description
1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.
General Note
The Mecca was a student eatery across from the gate at Florida State University. Students picketed the Mecca in Fall 1963 as they sought its integration. Count Basie joined the picketers when he was refused service there after playing a concert at FSU in December 1963.
Musician Count Basie joining civil rights demonstrators in front of the Mecca - Tallahassee, Florida.
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