Meek-Eaton Archival Collection AR_0007-_001-_006-01-Folder 20
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File
Part of History of FAMU
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Meek-Eaton Archival Collection AR_0007-_001-_006-01-Folder 19
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1966-1987
Part of History of FAMU
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection AR_0007-_001-_006-01-Folder 18
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1976
Part of History of FAMU
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection AR_0007-_001-_006-01-Folder 17
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1976
Part of History of FAMU
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection AR_0007-_001-_006-30
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Box
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1971-1977
Part of History of FAMU
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0012-01-Folder 02
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1949-1985
Part of Dr. Garrett T. Wiggins Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection AR_0007-_001-_006-01-Folder 12
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1955-1976
Part of History of FAMU
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0005-01-01
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1975
Part of Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Collection
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0001-26-Folder 14
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1994-1995
Part of The Rosewood Massacre Papers
Meek-Eaton Archival Collection MS_0014
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1856 - 2021
Attorney Armstrong Purdee (1856-1937), was the first professionally trained African American lawyer in Jackson County, Florida. According to the online resource Roots Web, "Armstrong Purdee was born into slavery on the Wardell Plantation in Jackson County, FL, March 16,
- His account of the Battle of Marianna was published in The Kalendar, the monthly publication of the Men's Club, St. Luke Episcopal Church, Marianna, FL, Vol. | No. 3. June 1.
- After slavery. Purdee, a protégé of Florida State Senator William H. Milton, became the first African American lawyer in Jackson County, a successful businessman, and an influential community leader. Froma the 1890s until the mid- 1920s. Purdee published the West Florida Bugle, a Black newspaper.*
Source: Armstrong Purdee - Roots Web htps://sites.rootsweb.com/-gals/Actstrats.homl