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P: A quick note about C. Blythe Andrews, the editor of the black newspaper, The
 Florida Sentinel. I have read some of his articles and columns and he seemed to
 be somewhat critical of the white structure.

L: You mean currently or back then?

P: Back in the 1950s.

L: That was the father.

P: The father, yes.

L: He had that newspaper and he did quite a bit through the paper. he was critical,
 not radically so, but he was and he was supported because he eventually
 became as one of the outstanding blacks in the community, a member of our
 committee.

P: What committee is that?

L: That is the Commission of Community Relations, that was the official name, that
 was bi-racial.

P: What was it called?

L: Commission of Community Relations.

P: Was this formed after the Brown decision or do you know when it was formed?

L: Yes, during the sit-in demonstrations here in Tampa.

P: It was formed in the 1960s, not the 1950s?

L: Right. It was an outgrowth of what was going on.

P: When you came and, you were active in the NAACP, you were active in the civil
 rights movement, you did not have a lot of support from the white churches?

L: No.

P: Did you have support from, or did you have any opposition from other black
 churches and ministers of other denominations who did not like this young up-
 start coming in here and becoming so prominent?

L: You have to say that some of that they taught


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