Sherrod, Charles, 1937-
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.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Civil Rights History Project (Library of Congress)
- Grace Miller oral history interview conducted by Will Griffin in Albany, Georgia, 2013-03-09 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Shirley Miller Sherrod oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Albany, Georgia, 2011-09-15 (Oral histories (document genres))
- William G. Anderson oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier in Detroit, Michigan, 2011-07-26 (Oral histories (document genres))
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive (University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- Documenting Our Past: The Teenie Harris Archive Project (Carnegie Museum of Art)
- Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- Ewen--SNCC proposals, programs, workshops, 1964 (Stuart Ewen papers, 1961-1965; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 531, Box 1, Folder 4) (Memorandums)
- Heinze--Frederick W. Heinze papers, 1964-1987; SC3051; WIHVC1480H500-A (Pamphlets)
- King--July, 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 8) (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--Minutest of Meetings, 1964-1965 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 3, Folder 2) (Minutes (administrative records))
- King--SNCC Position Papers & Reports, 1963-1965 (except Waveland, Mississippi, November 1964) (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 20) (Correspondence)
- King--SNCC Position Papers, Waveland, Mississippi, meeting, November 1964 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 18) (Reports)
- Morey --Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and Election Challenges, 1964-1965 (R. Hunter Morey papers, 1962-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 522, Box 4, Folder 4) (Pamphlets)
- Romaine--(Anne Romaine Interviews, 1966-1967; Archives Main Stacks, SC 1069, Folder 1) (Transcripts)
- Rubin --Reports from Miss. and Georgia, 1962-1964 (Larry Rubin papers, 1960-1971, 1977; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 565, Box 1, Folder 5) (Memoirs)
- SAVF--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 16) (Reports)
- Shirah--Reports, 1963-1964 (Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., papers, 1961-1964; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 540, Box 1, Folder 6) (Reports)
- Starobin--SNCC 1963-1966 (Robert S. Starobin papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 428, Box 2, Folder 3) (Minutes (administrative records))
- Zinn -- SNCC - Radicalism, 1963-1965 (Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 3, Folder 4) (Clippings (information artifacts))
- Zinn--Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee papers, administration, 1963-1965 (Howard Zinn papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 2, Folder 11) (Correspondence)
- Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
- Wisconsin Historical Images (Wisconsin Historical Society)