ugafof_americus americus ugafof yes Americus Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) African Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--Americus African American college students--Georgia--Americus African American civil rights workers--Georgia--Americus African Americans--Violence against--Georgia--Americus African American men--Violence against--Georgia--Americus Voter registration--Georgia--Americus African American teenagers--Georgia--Americus Protest marches--Georgia--Americus African American girls--Georgia--Americus Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Americus Civil rights movements--Georgia--Americus Congress of Racial Equality Sumter County Movement (Americus, Ga.) Campbell, J. R. (Joseph R.), 1924-2006 Lyon, Danny Allen, Ralph W., 1941-2005 Harris, Donald S. Perdew, John, 1941- Aelony, Zev, 1938- Whatley, Andrew A., 1941-1965 The most intriguing characteristic of the Sumter County Movement was the disproportionate number of teenagers and even pre-teens who dominated the marches. For example, in late July, more than thirty-three teenage girls were arrested during a march in Americus and sent to a stockade in nearby Lee County. Photographs taken by SNCC member Danny Lyon, who snuck into the Leesburg Stockade, showed terrified young girls in a barren room with barred windows and a stopped up, overflowing toilet. Such horrific conditions reinforced the fact that the Sumter County Movement's youthful marchers often faced significant threats to their liberties and lives. The Americus-related materials include bibliographies, essays, lesson plans, and links to related materials in the Civil Rights Digital Library. Freedom on Film is a component of the Civil Rights Digital Library, which received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. [Athens, Ga.] : Freedom on Film Civil Rights Digital Library Collection (Digital Library of Georgia) Freedom on Film (Project) Franklin College of Arts and Sciences 2008 Instructional materials http://www.civilrights.uga.edu/bibliographies/americus/ Sumter County (Ga.) Lee County (Ga.) Americus (Ga.) Cite as: Freedom on Film : Civil Rights in Georgia, http://civilrights.uga.edu/ For permission to use story passages or images from the Web site, contact Dr. Barbara McCaskill at bmccaski@uga.edu. 20120713 170959