Hidden Sagas Collection

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“Hidden Sagas: Stories of Florida’s African American Experience” Oral History Project had its roots as a response to the Florida Humanities Council’s 30th Anniversary celebration in 2003, and three year initiative entitled “Telling Florida’s Stories: Strengthening Florida Communities.” The specific goal of this project was to collect the reminisces of black Floridians who had lived through the Jim Crow Era and witnessed the changes wrought by the Civil Rights Revolution. The driving force behind “Hidden Sagas” was to revamp the history of America’s rural communities that is often overshadowed by the vast amounts of evidence of urban centers. The roots of the African American experience begin with the land, may it be a plantation of the antebellum period or tenant farmer. It was these places that Black culture, religion, and folk life took its form. It is only natural to return to those places to seek the history of African American people.

Physical Location

Hidden Sagas Collection, John G. Riley House Archives, Tallahassee Community College Library, Tallahassee, Florida.

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Draft, Hidden Sagas: Stories of Florida's African American Experience

Drafts of transcripts of interviews that were conducted from February 2003 to February 2004 where Black participants were asked about their experiences during Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Revolution. Participants interviewed spoke of their troubles during each period while also speaking of their daily lives and normalities.
Front and Back matter, Hidden Sagas: Stories of Florida's African American Experience

Transcripts of the introduction, overview, and acknowledgment that proceed interviews that were conducted from February 2003 to February 2004 where Black participants were asked about their experiences during Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Revolution. Participants interviewed spoke of their troubles during each period while also speaking of their daily lives and normalities.
Draft, Hidden Sagas: Stories of Florida's African American Experience

Draft of transcripts of interviews that were conducted from February 2003 to February 2004 where Black participants were asked about their experiences during Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Revolution. Participants interviewed spoke of their troubles during each period while also speaking of their daily lives and normalities.
Hidden Sagas Oral History Project County Profiles and Handwritten notes

Research notes on interviews that were conducted from February 2003 to February 2004 where Black participants were asked about their experiences during Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Revolution. Participants interviewed spoke of their troubles during each period while also speaking of their daily lives and normalities.
Draft, Hidden Sagas: Stories of Florida's African American Experience

Draft of transcripts of interviews that were conducted from February 2003 to February 2004 where Black participants were asked about their experiences during Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Revolution. Participants interviewed spoke of their troubles during each period while also speaking of their daily lives and normalities.
Draft, Hidden Sagas: Stories of Florida's African American Experience

Drafts of transcripts of interviews that were conducted from February 2003 to February 2004 where Black participants were asked about their experiences during Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Revolution. Participants interviewed spoke of their troubles during each period while also speaking of their daily lives and normalities.
Tallahassee Democrat articles focused on road development in Tallahassee

Newspaper articles about road development in Tallahassee, specifically Tennessee Street and Apalachee Parkway. An article also discusses Centennial Field and the need for more football fields in general in Tallahassee.
Negro Struck, Killed by Train

Newspaper article about the death of John H. Davis, a Black man, on the railroad tracks at East Park Avenue in Tallahassee, Florida.
Traffic projected to 1975 in routing of interstate road through Tallahassee

Newspaper article about the proposal to locate the Interstate link through Tallahassee in the south central section.
Tallahassee Democrat articles focused on road development in Tallahassee

Newspaper articles and images about the development of roads in Tallahassee, particularly around Smokey Hollow.