Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008

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Biography:

African American minister and civil rights activist; He served as chairman of the Nashville Student Movement from 1960 to 1961 and was a founding member of SNCC and of the SCLC. He organized civil rights protests in Nashville, Jackson, and Birmingham. In particular, he organized the Children's Crusade in Birmingham in 1964. Bevel and wife Diane Nash proposed the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. Bevel was present at King's assassination. (Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights, 1992)

Associated Subjects:

Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

96 items in 16 collections (expand all)

Alabama National Guard Brigadier General Henry Graham talking to James Bevel during the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:: Martin, Spider
Date of Original:: 1965-03
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Audience seated behind the pulpit at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama.

Creator:: Jones, Ed
Date of Original:: 1965-01
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel addressing civil rights demonstrators with a bullhorn during a protest march to city hall in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Jones, Ed
Adams, Robert
Date of Original:: 1963-04-06
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel addressing civil rights demonstrators with a bullhorn during a protest march to city hall in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.

Creator:: Jones, Ed
Adams, Robert
Date of Original:: 1963-04-06
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel and other marchers on Dexter Avenue in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:: Self, Tom
Date of Original:: 1965-03-25
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel being arrested a during civil rights demonstration, probably at Bailey's Tabernacle CME Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Creator:: Jones, Ed
Date of Original:: 1964-06-10
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Man holding up two fingers during the Selma-to-Montgomery march on U.S. Highway 80.

Date of Original:: 1965-03
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, James Bevel, and others walking in the rain during the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:: Montgomery City Police
Date of Original:: 1965-03-25
Collection:: Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Interview with Robert Zellner, November 3, 1990

Creator:: Zellner, Bob
Date of Original:: 1990-11-03
Collection:: Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:: University of Kentucky

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

Belfrage--Location file: Ruleville, 1962-1964 (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 2, Segment 21)

Creator:: Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:: 1962/1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Belfrage--Voter registration reports, 1963, March-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 5)

Creator:: Belfrage, Sally, 1936-
Date of Original:: 1963
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Carawan--Guy Carawan. The story of Greenwood, Mississippi, 1965 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 332)

Creator:: Carawan, Guy
Date of Original:: 1962/1963
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports, August 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 6)

Creator:: Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Freedom Information Service--WATS reports, January 1964-June 1964 (Freedom Information Service records, 1962-1979; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 780, Reel 1, Segment 1-4)

Creator:: Freedom Information Service
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

James Luther Bevel

Date of Original:: 1965
Collection:: Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:: Karales, James H.
Date of Original:: 1962
Collection:: James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006
Contributing Institution:: Duke University. Library

James Bevel in the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1968-04-09
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel in the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1968-04-09
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel in the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1968-04-09
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel in the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1968-04-09
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel in the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1968-04-09
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

James Bevel in the funeral procession for Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:: Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:: 1968-04-09
Collection:: Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

SCOPE (SCLC) Orientation, speakers include: Ralph Abernathy, Hosea Williams and Martin Luther King, 0079, 0084, 0085, 0086, 0087, 0088, 0089, 0090, 0091, 0093, 0095, 0096, 0097, 0098, 0099, 0100, 0101, 0432, 0433, 0434, 0435, 0436, 0437

Creator:: KZSU (Radio station : Stanford, Calif.)
Stanford University. Institute of American History
KZSU Project South Interviews (SC0066)
Date of Original:: 1965
Collection:: KZSU Project South Interviews
Contributing Institution:: Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections