Gordon, Spiver

Authoritative Name:

Gordon, Spiver

Biography:

Civil rights activist who began his activism in 1959. Gordon worked in Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Arkansas and Alabama. He was a member of CORE, SCLC, SCEF, NAACP, NDPA, and MFDP. Gordon was the first Black person elected to the Eutaw, Alabama city council.

Alternate Names:

Gordon, Spiver W.

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Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

22 items in 3 collections (expand all)

Civil rights leaders laying a wreath at the site of Viola Liuzzo's murder in rural Lowndes County, Alabama, during the 20th anniversary reenactment of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Gordon, Tom
Date of Original:: 1985-03-04
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Demonstrators protesting President Ronald Reagan's visit to the state legislature in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:: Adams, Robert
Date of Original:: 1982-03-15
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Marchers during the 20th anniversary reenactment of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Gordon, Tom
Date of Original:: 1985-03-03
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Marchers in rural Dallas or Lowndes County, Alabama during the 20th anniversary reenactment of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:: Sikora, Frank
Gordon, Tom
Date of Original:: 1985-03
Collection:: Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:: Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 1)

Creator:: Lynd, Staughton
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2)

Creator:: Lynd, Staughton
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 3)

Creator:: Lynd, Staughton
Date of Original:: 1963/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

SEDFRE--Press Releases 1963-1966 (CORE) (Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 31, Folder 16)Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality records, 1944-1976; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 546, Box 31 Folder 16

Creator:: Scholarship, Education and Defense Fund for Racial Equality
Date of Original:: 1963/1966
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Economic Development Conference

Date of Original:: 1972-01-15
Collection:: Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center

Group Rally with Spiver Gordon

Date of Original:: 1964/1972
Collection:: Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center

Poor People's Campaign 16

Date of Original:: 1968-04
Collection:: Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center

Ronnie and Carol Moore with Spiver Gordon and wife

Date of Original:: 1964/1972
Collection:: Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center

SEDFRE 10th Anniversary 15

Date of Original:: 1972-04-12
Collection:: Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center

SEDFRE 10th Anniversary 2

Date of Original:: 1972-04-12
Collection:: Long Civil Rights Movement: Photographs from the Ronnie Moore Papers, 1964 -1972
Contributing Institution:: Amistad Research Center