Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - correspondence, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 3)
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Alicia Kaplow was the director of Friends of SNCC at the University of Wisconsin for several years. In that role, she raised funds for SNCC, spoke before the UW Board of Regents, tried to arrange visits to Madison from national figures like Pete Seeger and James Foreman, linked sponsors with specific civil rights workers (Adopt a Freedom Worker for $10 a week) and encouraged them to correspond regularly with each other, sponsored at least 17 individual civil rights workers herself, corresponded with black and white volunteers in Mississippi and the disorganized SNCC office staff in Atlanta, and worked on getting black high school students from the South admitted to UW. This collection of letters includes many fascinating first-person accounts of assorted people's experiences: one by a black Hattiesburg resident's experiences on a very cold Freedom Day and the inspiration that Fannie Lou Hamer brought to the occasion. Another letter from volunteer Jo Ann Oimann describes her freedom sc
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Kaplow, Alicia, 1945
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Freedom Day
Arrest
Jails
Mississippi Freedom Schools
Community centers
Libraries
Bombings
Arson
Civil rights demonstrations
Segregation
Police
Threats
Intimidation
Assault and battery
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Voter registration
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Clothing and dress
Poor
Freedom Singers
Music
Freedom Vote
Civil rights movements
Fund raising
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States. Department of Justice
Unemployment
Civil rights workers
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Postal service
Literacy tests (election law)
Black history
Ku Klux Klan
Sheriffs
Eviction
Courthouses
Tougaloo College
Murder
Federal aid
Freedom Democratic Club (Chicago, Ill.)
South Africa
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Congress of Racial Equality
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Mass media
Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
Labor unions
Communism
Poll tax
Boycotts
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Robinson, Jo Ann, 1942
Hartfield, Charles Nelson
Hartfield, Ben
Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah
Dubinsky, Ed
Gelfand, David
Sweeney, Dennis
Doar, John, 1921
Seeger, Pete, 1919
Baer, Doug
Seese, Linda
Young, Frank
Kunstler, William M. (William Moses), 1919-1995
Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21
Bond, Julian, 1940
Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986
Forman, James, 1928-2005
Brown, Joyce
Featherstone, Ralph
Reese, Carolyn
McCain, William D. (William David), 1907-1993
Frazier, John
Silver, James R
McDonnell, Howard
Breazell, C. E
Wahman, Thomas
Washington, Booker T
Carver, George Washington
Schwerner, Michael
Goodman, Andrew
Chaney, James
Forman, James
Evers, Medgar
Seeger, Pete
Tubman, Harriet
Douglass, Frederick
Marshall, Burke
Doar, John
Dillon, Mr. and Mrs. Willie J
Warren, R. R
Felder, Bobby
Bishop, Ernestine
Harris, Jesse
Samstein, Mendy
Lee, Herbert
Eastland, James O
Garman, Betty
Quin, Aylene
Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. C. C
Jackson, Alma
Wallace, Mike
Kennedy, John F
Allen, Louis
Moses, Robert Parris
Kinoy, Arthur
Gray, Victoria
Devine, Annie
Whitten, Jamie
Winstead, Arthur
William, John Bell
Kennedy, Robert F
Wallace, George C
Russell, Richard
Talmadge, Herman
Sanders, Carl
Ward, Horace
Faubus, Orville
Rockefeller, Winthrop
Gore, Albert
Kuykendall, Dan
Bass, Ross
Yarbrough, Ralph
Bush, George H. W
Weltner, Charles
O’Callaghan, James
Mackay, James
Pickett, Roscoe
James, Robert B
Wills, Bill R
Boggs, Hale
Treen, David C
Huddleston, George, Jr
Casey, Robert
Norris, Hoke
Faulk, John Henry
Nizer, Louis
Harnett, Vincent
Johnson, Laurence
Dies, Martin
Rankin, John
Wood, John
Thomas, J. Parnell
Velde, Harold
Walter, Francis
Draper, Wickliffe
Willis, Edwin
Roosevelt, Franklin D
Oxnam, Garfield
Kastenmeier, Robert
Clark, Jim
Lewis, John
King, Martin Luther
Love, John
Katzenbach, Nicholas
Humphrey, Hubert
Broderick, V. L
Shields, Larry
Suarez, Matteo
Lorenzi, Henry
Hayes, Louis
Beech, Robert
Rainey, L. A
Price, Cecil
Blow, Robert
Glenn, Charles
Nixon, Robert
Junk, Ursula
Ware, Henry
Jackson, Lloyd
Lee, Joe
Thomas, John
Harper, Debbie
Carpenter, David
Country, Eddie
Shaw, Willie
Jones, James
Hewitt, Theodis
Jackson, Ellis
Abbot, Klondike
Thomas, Willy
Brown, Lloyd
Phipps, James
Frentz, Gunter
Dann, James
Scattergood, Charles
Goodner, Allen
Ward, Rev. and Mrs
Raymond, George
Schrader, Emmy
Jones, Frank
Peter, James
Harris, Ernest
Goodwin, Essie
Abbot, Lemon
Powells, J. D
Surney, Lafayette
Grant, Louis
McKeller, Charles
Taylor, Ida Mae
Adams, Jim
Ross, Jimmy
Ware, William
Bass, Robert
Stigler, Joe
Hamer, Don
Neblett, Chico
Carmichael, Stokely
Allen, John
Shepard, Walt
Gordon, Bruce
Morse, Frank
Pate, Karen
Wilkins, John
Ganz, Marshall
Smith, J. V
Smith, Lorie
Powell, William
Brown, Candy
Bowie, Henry (Harry)
Long, Paul
Parks, Henry
Gillon, Gwen
Brown, Benjamin
Cotton, MacArthur
Smith, Robert
Campbell, Malcolm
Sternberger, Dick
Jeeter, Jory
Smith, Mrs. J. D
Ridley, Eugene
Coleman, Buddy
Campbell, Louis
Martin, Joe
Jenkins, Douglas
Harrison, Joe
Laurent, George
Blanchette, Donald
King, Ann
Chastain, Norman
Bateman, Joe
Williams, Bob
Beecher, John
Schulman, Howard
Spinks, Mrs
Finley, Johnnie
Johnson, Linda
Winn, Fred
Winter, George
Graham, Benjamin
Williams, Christopher
Simpson, Richard
Lee, Curtis
Trice, Clifford
Flowers, Dicky
Sellers, Cleveland
Mitchell, Francis
Bell, John
Gilman, Robert
Brooks, Eddie
Ziss, Edward
Vaughs, Cliff
Turnbow, Hartman
Lowenstein, Rick
Camera, Jeremy
Gulick, Susan
Cross, Joseph
Henderson, Margie
Lynd, Theron
Barry, Marion
Bernsohn, Carita
Standard, Mike
Sutherland, Elizabeth
Grant, Joanne
Gottlieb, Bob
Prettyman, Julia
Poller, Rebecca
Berry, Woody
Hatch, Lucia
Monsonis, Jim
Lane, Naomi
Zellner, Dottie
Hoffman, Abbie
Wilson, Hilda
Morris, Adrienne V
Bernstein, Naomi
Harris, Clarence
Thomson, Clare
Bolton, Jimmy
Fischer, Sylvia
Frank, Rudy
Montgomery, Lucille (Lucy)
Phillips, Dick
Whitman, Grenville
Abramson, Roger
Madison, Don
Lewis, David
Champney, Ken
Stripel, Bob
Kocel, Martha
Dewberry, Dorothy
Kaplow, Alicia
Oleson, Mrs. Donald
Smullen, George
DuVaul, Diane
Eklund, Neil
Muller, Paul
Ladner, Joyce
Reese, Leo
Janowitz, Marianne
Glick, Fred
Reed, Bob
Phillips, Jan
Williams, Russ
Stockman, Keren
Moore, Ralph
Moore, Mrs. Joseph
Perry, Jere
Irby, Chuck
Ginn, Marilyn
Ballis, George
O’Gorman, Mike
Barkley, Rogre
Garrett, Jimmy
Iltis, Fred
Senghas, Robert
Maxwell, Floyd
Gillis, Nellie
Brown, Gail
Halpern, Lucy
Lauter, Naomi
Weller, Dot
Holmquist, Marty
Lauren, Margaret
Salinger, Pierre
Hart, Philip
Guyot, Lawrence
Smith, Ernest
King, Annie Mae
Harris, John
Smith, E. L
Else, Jon
Nosser, John
Washington, Willie
Saunders, I. S
Hall, Prathia
Yancey, Wayne
Chaney, Fannie Lee
McGhee, Silas
Wallach, John
Coatsworth, Patricia Sopiak
Weil, Bob
Garner, Ardis
Taylor, Ned
Morris, John
Allen, Ralph
McDaniel, Thomas
Perdew, John
Harris, Don
Boyd, Stan
Light, Bill
Carver, Ron
Jones, Jimmie Lee
Bray, Sandra
Fusco, Liz
Williams, Floyd
Kabat, Luke
Cocroft, Freeman
DeLott, Elayne
Noble, Billy
Crawford, Eartiss
Simpson, Euvester
Rich, Marvin
Barnett, Ross
Batts, James
Roach, Red
Cieciorka, Frank
Maurer, Joseph
Ladner, Dorie A
Peacock, Willie
Block, Samuel
Henry, Aaron
Hall, Carsie
Gaither, Thomas
Dennis, David
Bevel, James
Smith, R. L. T
Travis, Jimmy
Smith, Frank
Wilkins, Roy
Farmer, James
Donaldson, Ivanhoe
Becker, Harold
Boutin, Bernard I
Miles, Robert
Patch, Penny
Webb, Felix
Nelson, Roland
Curtis, Melrow
Adams, Jane
Weinberg, Jack
Kerr, Clark
Lee, Joseph
Knowland, William
Tolle, Katherine
Savio, Mario
Goldberg, A
Litwack, Leon
Scalapino (professor)
Hamlett, Ed
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- Language
- English
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- Kaplow, Alicia, 1945. Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - correspondence, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 3). 1964-1966. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/5672. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Kaplow, Alicia, 1945, (1964-1966) Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - correspondence, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 3). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/5672
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