Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah

Authoritative Name:
Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah
Biography:
Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons is assistant professor of religion at the University of Florida, where her primary academic focus is on Islamic law and its impact on contemporary Muslim women. Dr. Simmons has a long history in the area of civil rights, human rights, and peace work. For 23 years, she was on the staff of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace, justice, human rights, and international development organization headquartered in Philadelphia. During her early adult years as a college student and, thereafter, Dr. Simmons was active with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and spent seven years working full-time on voter registration and desegregation activities in Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. (National HIV-AIDS Partnership WWW site, retrieved March 14, 2008.)
Associated Subjects:
Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

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Bowie--Freedom Schools, 1964, Jan. 14 - Dec. 2 (Harry J. Bowie papers, 1964-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 31, Box 1, Folder 4)

Creator:
Bowie, Harry
Date of Original:
1964
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Community center correspondence, Jackson COFO Office, 1964 July-1965 May (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 1, Segment 9)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) - Memoranda and reports, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 2, Segment 19)

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:
1964/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Heinze--Frederick W. Heinze papers, 1964-1987; SC3051; WIHVC1480H500-A;

Creator:
Heinze, Frederick W.
Date of Original:
1964/1967
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--January 1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 2)

Creator:
King, Mary E., 1940-
Date of Original:
1964-01
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Veterans of Hope Project

Date of Original:
1990/9999
Collection:
Veterans of Hope Project
Contributing Institution:
Veterans of Hope Project