Sherrod, Charles, 1937-2022

Authoritative Name:
Sherrod, Charles, 1937-2022
Biography:
The Rev. Charles Sherrod, a Baptist minister from Petersburg, Virginia, helped found Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was jailed in Rock Hill, South Carolina in February of 1961 after a sit-in. He is best known for spearheading SNCC's efforts in southwest Georgia and was SNCC field secretary in Albany, Georgia from 1961 to 1967. He served as director of the Southwest Georgia Project for Community Education from 1961 to 1987 and as director of the cooperative farming project, New Communities, Inc., from 1969 to 1985. Sherrod served on the Albany City Commission from 1976 to 1990, and in 1996 ran unsuccessfully for Georgia State Senate.
Associated Subjects:
Sherrod, Charles, 1937-2022
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Grace Miller oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2013-03-09
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Shirley Miller Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011-09-15

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-09-15
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Detroit, Michigan, 2011-07-26

Creator:
Civil Rights History Project (U.S.)
Date of Original:
2011-07-26
Collection:
Civil Rights History Project
Contributing Institution:
American Folklife Center

Trailways lunch counter sit-in

Creator:
Harris, Teenie, 1908-1998
Date of Original:
1961
Collection:
Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project
Contributing Institution:
Carnegie Museum of Art

Albany Civil Rights Memorial

Date of Original:
1990/2022
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Charles Sherrod and Carl Braden

Date of Original:
1963-04-27
Collection:
Wisconsin Historical Images
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
Educator Resources:

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Veterans of Hope Project

Date of Original:
1990/9999
Collection:
Veterans of Hope Project
Contributing Institution:
Veterans of Hope Project