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Record Group Number: 000104
Series/Collection Number: .S 889
Creator: Florida. Governor (1979-1987 : Graham)
Title, Dates: Subject files relating to the Miami riots, 1966-1969, 1980-1981.
Amount: 2.00 cubic ft.
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Summary:     This series contains Governor Graham's files on the 1980 riots in Miami, Florida, the 1968 riots in Miami, and other riots around the United States. These records were collected to view the events that led to the riots and the responses that were taken to end them. The records include correspondence, reports, memoranda, petitions, and newspaper clippings.
  The 1980 material includes records such as, population studies of Miami, Dade County Citizens' Committee minutes, investigation files on Willie Jones, Nathaniel LaFleur, Johnny Jones, and Randy Heath, some Federal records on civil rights in Florida and numerous newspaper clippings on the riots.  The 1969 records contain several reports and background materials collected for these reports and many newspaper clippings from the time, before, during and after the riots.

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Subject Access Fields: Law enforcement Florida
Race relations.
Riots Florida
African Americans History 1964- Florida
Minorities Florida
Civil rights Florida
Dade County (Fla.)
Miami (Fla.)
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