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NEWS RELEASE STUDENT NONVIOLENT C««RDINATING COMMITTEE 197| AUBURN AVENCB ATEMTA, GEORGIA 688-§331 <2 ATLANTA, Ga,, March 22 - A series of nation-wide demonstrations was held this week, protesting the arrests of three members of the Stu- dent Nonviilent Coordinating Committee in Baton Rouge, Lgufiifitia■ -^ The three, SNCC Field Secretaries Dion Diamond: and Robert Zell- :d SNCC Chairman Charles McDew, have all been fiminal anarchy." Diamond was arrested on February 1 when he went to the campus of Southern University to fullfill a speaking engage- ment, and Zellner and McDew were arrested when they visited Diamond on February 16 in the Baton Rouge jail* The nation-wide demonstrations began in Viaehington, D. C, on February 28, when members of the Nonviiolent Action Group (NAG) picketed the home of Senator Allen J* Ellander (D-La*) protesting "cruel and inhuman treatment of Negro students" in Senator Ellender's home state. Later the NAG group presented a petition bearing 1,154 names to the Justice Department, asking tham to investigate the Baton Rouge arrests. On March 13, members of SNCC and NAG staged a sit-in in the office of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy* After conferring with Justice Department officials, the group waited in the Attorney General's office until it closed* On March 16, another group of demonstrators was bodily removed in wheelchairs from the Attorney General's office* That same day in Nov; York's Foley Square, an integrated group of 100 persons picketed the Federal Court House in protest of the Louisiana anarchy charges. The New York demonstrations were sponsored "by CORE, SNCC, and Students For a Democratic Society. Other demonstartior were scheduled for Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles* -30-
Object Description
Title | SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 48, Folder 1) |
Author/Creator | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee |
Folder Description | 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. |
State | Georgia; Louisiana; District of Columbia; Mississippi; Illinois; Tennessee; Alabama; New York; Arkansas; Maryland; Virginia; Texas |
Place | 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 |
Subject | 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; intimidation; 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.) |
Personal Name | 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.; Forman, James; 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; Wells, Samuel; 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 |
Year | 1962-1969 |
Language | English |
Source | Social Action Vertical File, circa 1960-1980; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 48, Folder 1; WIHVS3310-A |
Format | press releases; reports and surveys; memoranda; periodicals; petitions; pamphlets; newspaper clippings |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2016 |
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. |
Digital Format | XML |
Digital Identifier | fsSAVFB48F1000 |
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Page Text | NEWS RELEASE STUDENT NONVIOLENT C««RDINATING COMMITTEE 197| AUBURN AVENCB ATEMTA, GEORGIA 688-§331 <2 ATLANTA, Ga,, March 22 - A series of nation-wide demonstrations was held this week, protesting the arrests of three members of the Stu- dent Nonviilent Coordinating Committee in Baton Rouge, Lgufiifitia■ -^ The three, SNCC Field Secretaries Dion Diamond: and Robert Zell- :d SNCC Chairman Charles McDew, have all been fiminal anarchy." Diamond was arrested on February 1 when he went to the campus of Southern University to fullfill a speaking engage- ment, and Zellner and McDew were arrested when they visited Diamond on February 16 in the Baton Rouge jail* The nation-wide demonstrations began in Viaehington, D. C, on February 28, when members of the Nonviiolent Action Group (NAG) picketed the home of Senator Allen J* Ellander (D-La*) protesting "cruel and inhuman treatment of Negro students" in Senator Ellender's home state. Later the NAG group presented a petition bearing 1,154 names to the Justice Department, asking tham to investigate the Baton Rouge arrests. On March 13, members of SNCC and NAG staged a sit-in in the office of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy* After conferring with Justice Department officials, the group waited in the Attorney General's office until it closed* On March 16, another group of demonstrators was bodily removed in wheelchairs from the Attorney General's office* That same day in Nov; York's Foley Square, an integrated group of 100 persons picketed the Federal Court House in protest of the Louisiana anarchy charges. The New York demonstrations were sponsored "by CORE, SNCC, and Students For a Democratic Society. Other demonstartior were scheduled for Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles* -30- |
Language | English |
Source | Social Action Vertical File, circa 1960-1980; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 48, Folder 1 |
Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
Publication Date-Electronic | 2016 |
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. |
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Digital Identifier | fsSAVFB48F1001 |
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