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FL S2138
Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/28/2012
Primary Sponsor
Arthenia Joyner
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AI Summary
- Senate Resolution honoring the lifelong civil rights activism of Patricia Stephens Due, who was born December 9, 1939, in Quincy and died February 7, 2012
- Led sit-ins and demonstrations to integrate lunch counters and theaters in Tallahassee as a college student, resulting in repeated arrests and 49 days in jail for refusing to pay $300 in fines
- Founded a local Congress of Racial Equality chapter in 1959 and oversaw voter registration and education activities across 10 North Florida counties, resulting in a 400-page FBI file
- Received the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Outstanding Leadership, Gandhi Award for Outstanding Work in Human Relations, NAACP Florida Freedom Award, and honorary doctorate from Florida A&M University
- Co-authored memoir "Freedom in the Family: A Mother Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights" with her daughter Tananarive Due documenting the civil rights movement's impact on families
Legislative Description
Patricia Stephens Due
Last Action
Adopted -SJ 785
3/5/2012
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