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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 Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Oral history interview with Claire O'Connor, 2001 (Oral histories)
  • Oral history interview with Marv Davidov, 2001 (Oral histories)
  • Oral history interview with Zev Aelony, 2001 (MovingImage)
• 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--July, 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 8) (Reports)
  • King--SNCC Position Papers & Reports, undated (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 19) (Reports)
  • King--SNCC Press Releases, 1963 & undated (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 12) (Press releases)
  • Shirah--Proposals, prospectuses, and reports, re: SSOC, SCEF, Louisville (Kentucky) Projects, White Southern Student Project, and Other Organizations, 1962-1964, undated (Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., papers, 1961-1964; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 540, Box 1, Folder 5) (Reports)
• Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2 (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Zev Aelony (Black-and-white photographs)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Zev Aelony following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 June 11 (Black-and-white photographs)
• WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
  • Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of lawyers for civil rights workers charged with the capital offense of insurrection, police, and trial bystanders in Americus, Georgia, 1963 October 31 (Moving images)
  • WSB-TV newsfilm clip of lawyers for civil rights workers charged with the capital offense of insurrection, police, and trial bystanders in Americus, Georgia, 1963 October 31 (News)