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Aelony, Zev, 1938-

Biography:

White CORE worker arrested along with Ralph Allen, John Perdew, and Donald Harris ("Americus Four") and charged with "seditious conspiracy" (inciting insurrection), a capital crime, in Americus, Georgia and held without bail for three months. The four were released 1 November, 1963 by a three-judge federal panel, who found the charge unconstitutional. A Minnesota native, Aelony was also arrested as a Freedom Rider in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961. He took part in the 1963 "Moore Memorial Trek," an attempt to carry out the Freedom Walk begun by William L. Moore, a white 35-year old Baltimore mail carrier.

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • King--August, 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 9) (Reports)
  • King--Freedom Schools, 1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 16) (Reports)
  • King--MFDP, Voter Registration, DNC Challenge, Freedom Vote (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 15) (Reports)
  • King--SNCC Position Papers, Waveland, Mississippi, meeting, November 1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 18) (Reports)
• Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2 (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Zev Aelony (Black-and-white photographs)
• Integration Correspondence (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Shirley Arkilander to Mr. Meredith (2 October 1962) (Correspondence)
• James W. Silver Collection (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Last Days in Mississippi (Clippings (information artifacts))
• March on Milwaukee: Civil Rights History Project (Golda Meir Library (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries))
  • 1 Picket for Integrated Schools, circa February 1963 (Documents)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph taken from a newspaper of Aaron Henry, Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1950s (Black-and-white photographs)
• WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
  • Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Lester Maddox promoting states' rights and segregation as he speaks to a white audience in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 29 (Moving images)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of leaders of the Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference speaking to reporters at a press conference held in Atlanta Georgia, 1963 November 24 (Moving images)