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Allen, Ralph W., 1941-2005

Authoritative Name:

Allen, Ralph W., 1941-2005

Biography:

White SNCC member from Melrose, Massachusetts and Trinity College student, Allen came to Americus early in 1963 with Donald Harris and John Perdew and helped organize the Sumter County Movement. One of the "Americus Four," he was arrested in Americus, Georgia along with Harris and Perdew after an 8 August 1963 demonstration, charged with "seditious conspiracy" (inciting insurrection), a capital crime, and held without bail for three months. Released 1 November, 1963 by a three-judge federal panel who found the charge unconstitutional. On 6 November 1963, an all-white jury found Allen guilty of assault with intent to murder in lieu of the insurrection charge. Allen was sentenced to two years, but his sentence was appealed.

Associated Subjects:

Allen, Ralph W., 1941-2005
Allen, Ralph W., 1941-2005--Trials, litigation, etc.

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

28 items in 2 collections (expand all)

Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1)

Creator:: Allen, Pamela, P., 1943-
Date of Original:: 1967/1974
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports,July 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 5)

Creator:: Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:: 1962/1979
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - General, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 5)

Creator:: Kaplow, Alicia, 1945-
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Kaplow--Friends of SNCC - correspondence, 1964-1967, undated (Alicia Kaplow papers, 1964-1968; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 507, Box 1, Folder 3)

Creator:: Kaplow, Alicia, 1945-
Date of Original:: 1964/1966
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

King--SNCC Position Papers & Reports, undated (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 19)

Creator:: King, Mary E., 1940-
Date of Original:: 1962/1999
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

King--SNCC Press Releases, 1963 & undated (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 12)

Creator:: King, Mary E., 1940-
Date of Original:: 1963
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Lester Maddox speaking to a white audience, African Americans protest segregation, and newsman Tom Brokaw interviews mayor T. Griffin Walker in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 29

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1965-07-29
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: 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

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1963-10-31
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection