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Photographs - - 1961 - - Wade-In near restaurant at East Las OlasBoulevard and Almond Avenue.
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| Title | Photographs - - 1961 - - Wade-In near restaurant at East Las OlasBoulevard and Almond Avenue. |
| Date | 1961 |
| Notes | Much of the Fort Lauderdale police force was stationed at the beach on July 23, 1961 where one of the wade-ins occurred. This photo was taken at East Las Olas Boulevard and Almond Avenue; the policemen are identified on the photograph. Wade-in participants included 2) Eula Johnson (president of the local NAACP); 4) Mathew H. McCray; 5) Horace Judson; and 6) Joseph Jordan (in the wagon). The city eventually sued Mizell, Johnson, and the NAACP in the Broward County Circuit Court to stop the wade-ins. A year later, Broward Circuit Judge Ted Cabot ruled against the city, effectively desegregating the public beaches of Broward County. |
| Subject | Johnson, Eula. NcCray, Matthew H. McCray, Judson, Jorace, Jordan, Joseph. African American civil rights workers. Civil rights - - Florida - - Broward County. |
| Format | Photographs |
| Source | Courtesy of the Broward County Historical Commission |
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