SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 48, Folder 1)
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This folder is mainly composed of press releases authored by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. The bulk of these releases cover the year 1963 and recount the violence faced by registration workers in the state of Mississippi. Also included are: the "Proposal of Operation Freedom;" a report on "The General Condition of the Mississippi Negro;" and documents related to H. Rap Brown and the restructuring of SNCC at the end of the 1960s.
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Demonstrations
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights
Civil rights workers
Civil rights movements
Arrest
Jails
Intimidation
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Nonviolent Action Group (Washington D.C.)
United States. Department of Justice
Segregation
Jail experiences
Police
Police brutality
Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Volunteers
Voter registration
Tougaloo College
Universities and colleges
Murder
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Freedom rides
Intervention (Federal government)
Food relief
Arson
Lynching
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Education
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Employment
White Citizens councils
Sharecroppers
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Economic conditions
Housing
Freedom Vote
United States. Congress
Law
Freedom Day
Boycotts
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Freedom schools
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Poverty
Community centers
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Southern Conference Educational Fund
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
Diamond, Dion T
Zellner, John Robert
McDew, Charles
Ellender, Allen J
Kennedy, Robert F
Powell, Adam Clayton
Kerner, Otto F
McCollum, Mary
Forman, James
Bevel, Diane Nash
Moses, Robert
Sherrod, Charles
Block, Samuel
Mathews, Zeke T
Allen, Ralph
Whitten, Jamie
Lindsey, Merrill W
Britt, Travis
Lee, Herbert
Hurst, Eugene
Eastland, James O
McLaurin, Charles
Abernathy, Ralph
King, Martin Luther, Jr
Wallace, George
Alexander, James
Williams, Arthur
Gregory, Dick
Henry, Aaron
Gray, Arthur
Travis, James
Kennedy, John F
Peacock, Willie
Blackwell, Randolph
Guyot, Lawrence
Surney, Lafayette
Hoover, J. Edgar
Dudley, Edward R
Hardy, John
Smith, Frank
Greene, Dewey
Cobb, Charles
McSwine, Welton
Hayes, Curtis
Dorrough, C. M
Graham, Billy
Brando, Marlon
Coleman, J. P
Cotton, McArthur
Greene, George
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Moore, Amzie
Kennard, Clyde
Patridge, Earle Wayne
Herod
Thomas J
Brazier, James
King, Marion
Campbell, D. C
King, C. B
Ware, Charlie
King, Slayter
Jackson, Eliza
Wells, Samuel
Rabinowitz, Joni
Lewis, John
Lingo, Albert
Schwerner, Michael
Goodman, Andrew
Cheney, James
Perdew, John
Hunter, Charlie
Hunter, Willie
Hardin, John A
Brown, H. Rap
McClellan, John
Connally, John
McMillan, Ernest
Johnson, Lee Otis
Nixon, Richard M
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Davis, Irving
Johnson, James
Evans, Ahmed - Location
- Georgia; Louisiana; District of Columbia; Mississippi; Illinois; Tennessee; Alabama; New York; Arkansas; Maryland; Virginia; Texas
Atlanta; Baton Rouge; Washington; Hattiesburg; Forrest County; Savannah; Reidsville; Cairo; Jackson; Knoxville; Cleveland; Ruleville; Greenwood; Greenville; Clarksdale; Vicksburg; Goodman; Holmes County; Holly Springs; Terrell County; Dawson; Liberty; Sunflower County; Indianola; McComb; Talladega; Albany; Belzoni; Amite County; Leflore County; Oxford; Manhattan; New York; Lexington; Itta Bena; Canton; Columbus; Batesville; Tupelo; Charleston; Hinds County; Pike County; Warren County; Adams County; Winona; Americus; Camilla; Dougherty County; Baker County; Little Rock; Montgomery; New Orleans; Philadelphia; Phillips County; Jefferson County; Lincoln County; St. Francis County; Lee County; Crittenden County; Pine Bluff; Ellaville; Schley County; Clay County; West Point; Nashville; Cambridge; Alexandria; Austin; Dallas; Houston; Killeen - Type
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- Press releasesReports and surveysMemorandaPeriodicalsPetitionsPamphletsNewspaper clippings
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited.
- Chicago citation style
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 48, Folder 1). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/67787. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 48, Folder 1). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/67787
- MLA citation style
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/67787>.