Civil rights workers -- Southern States
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James W. McPherson papers
Collection
Identifier: 239
Scope and Contents
The papers of James Wesley McPherson contain professional and personal documents highlighting McPherson's work in the area of civil rights, particulary his efforts to increase voter registration among African Americans in South Carolina. The papers encompass 0.8 linear feet and contain correspondence, photographs, sample ballots, background information on the South Carolina Voter Education Program, newspaper clippings, speeches, pamphlets, certificates, and programs, including a program on...
Dates:
Created: 1917-1974; Other: Majority of material found in 1937-1964; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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James W. McPherson papers
Bob Zellner oral history collection
Collection — 5 audiocassettes
Identifier: 2333
Scope and Contents
This collections is made up of five audiocassette recordings of oral history interviews with civil rights activist Bob Zellner conducted by Eric Diner, then a Tulane University undergraduate, as part of Diner's honors thesis. Zellner, the first White field secretary from the south for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), has a long career in civil rights activism.
Dates:
Created: 1994; Other: Date acquired: 05/11/1995