Dennis, David J., Sr.

Authoritative Name:
Dennis, David J., Sr.
Biography:
Leader of CORE's operations in Mississippi and Louisiana, COFO's assistant project director, and speaker at the funeral of James Chaney, Dennis rode a Trailways bus from Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi as a Freedom Rider on May 21, 1961. He also participated in an effort to desegregate the Shreveport, Louisiana Trailways terminal on August 4, 1961.
Alternate Names:
Dennis, Dave
Associated Subjects:
Dennis, David J., Sr.
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7)

Creator:
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Date of Original:
1964/1965
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

CORE Southern Regional Office-- Reports from Madison, Miss., 1964, January-1965, November (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 8, Folder 7)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE Southern Regional Office--Mississippi Freedom Summer, August 1962, March 1964, October 1965 (Congress of Racial Equity. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 17, Folder 2)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE Southern Regional Office--Mississippi reports, general: April 1955, April 1962, February-October 1964 (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 8, Folder 1)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
Date of Original:
1954/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE Southern Regional Office--Reports from Lauderdale, Mississippi, 1964 April-1965 May (Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office records, 1954-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 85, Box 8, Folder 5)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Southern Regional Office
Date of Original:
1954/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Oral history interview with David Dennis, Negro, male, Director of Southern Regional CORE, 0442-1 (cont'd on 0443, all sides New Orleans, Louisiana

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