The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Florentine Ware papers

Repository: University of Washington. Special Collections Division

Collection Description (Extant): Correspondence, speeches, writings, reports, recordings, and ephemera, relating to Ware's activities on behalf of education, [and] as a member of Seattle Citizen's Committee for the Levy, a group supporting Seattle public schools (1969), homeless, children, poor people and Poor People's Campaign, and minorities. Includes tape-recorded interview (1980) with Ware. Organizations represented include Foster Parents Association of Washington State and Seattle-King County Economic Opportunity Board.

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Collection URL: http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/record=b4470645~S6

Date(s): 1960-1981

Digital Status: No

Extent: 2.5 ft. and 1 microfilm reel

Language: English

Interviewees: Florentine Ware

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Subjects:

African Americans--Civil rights--Washington (State)
Civil rights movements--Washington (State)
Poor People's Campaign
Poverty
Public schools--Washington (State)--Seattle
Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government

Genres:

Interviews
Manuscripts
Sound recordings
Speeches