Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

Tom and Janet Canterbury Papers

abarker — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:17:27 -0400

Tom and Janet Canterbury were active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Lowndes County, Alabama. Their papers reflect the Canterbury’s involvement in the civil right movement, and the activities of the SNCC in registering African-American voters in Southern states.

James H. Williams Papers

abarker — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:41:06 -0400

A founder of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) Louisville branch, Students for Social Action, James Williams was active in various radical, student and labor organizations, such as the Southern Student Organizing Committee, the young People’s Socialist League, and Operation Freedom. Mr. Williams held positions on the staff of the IUE News, the West Virginia Federation of Labor, the American Newspaper Guild, and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Workers Education Local 189, the National Education Association (NEA), and Labor Today.
Mr. Williams’ papers reflect his involvement in various student and radical organizations, and to a lesser degree, his participation in the NEA Staff Organization (NEASO). The Committee for Miners, selective service, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and SDS are among important subjects in the collection.

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Subject Focus: Black Revolutionaries

eclemens — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:21:12 -0500

The Reuther Library celebrates African American History Month with a brief look at resources in our collections that deal with the topic of Black revolutionaries. We define Black revolutionaries as persons or groups whose goal was to create a positive change in the lives of African Americans through radical action. The means to this end varied from person to person, organization to organization - the action could be carried out with words or through armed conflict, the desired results could be equality for all or separation of races all together. The following resources chronicle the struggle for identity and equality and highlight the rich legacy of social and political activism and reform within the various revolutionary movements. read more »

(27974) Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPPSD), Brown (Al-Amin), Undated

eclemens — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:55:25 -0500

Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown), at far left, walks with two other men in what appears to be a bus station.

(25417) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "March on Washington," Leaders, 1963

eclemens — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400

Leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom meet with Senator Everett Dirksen (R- IL) at the Capitol Building.

Left to right: Whitney Young, National Urban League; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference; Roy Wilkins, NAACP; Walter REuther, UAW; Senator Everett Dirksen; John Lewis, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

(25418) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Leaders, 1963

eclemens — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:44:11 -0400

The leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom pose for a photograph at the Lincoln Memorial.

Standing, left to right: Matthew Ahman, executive director of the National Catholic Conference of Interracial Justice; Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress; John Lewis, chairman of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, vice-chairman of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches; Floyd McKissick, author of the Durham Plan; Walter P. Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers; Roy Wilkins, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Seated, left to right: Whitney M. Young, executive director of the Urban League; James Farmer, national director of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE); A. Philip Randolph, president of the Negro American Labor Council; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

(25423) Civil Rights, Demonstrations, "Meredith March Against Fear," Mississippi, 1966

eclemens — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:23:32 -0400

Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), chairman of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), addresses participants in the “Meredith March Against Fear” at its conclusion on the grounds of the Mississippi State Capitol, Jackson, Mississippi.

The Meredith March Against Fear takes its name from James Meredith, the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi and a student at Columbia Law School, who organized a 220 mile long walk from Memphis, TN to Jackson MS to encourage African Americans to register to vote. On June 6, the second day of the walk, he reached Hernado, MS and was shot in the back by a sniper. Upon hearing of the assault, civil rights campaigners from across the country rushed to Mississippi to finish the march in his name.