Turner, Lena

Authoritative Name:

Turner, Lena

Biography:

18-year-old arrested July 20, 1965 along with Mary Kate Fishe Bell, Gloria Wise, and Mamie Campbell for standing in the "white" line at the polling place. On July 31, 1965, federal judge W. A. Bootle ordered the women released and declared segregated elections illegal. Turner later became NAACP field worker.

Associated Subjects:

Turner, Lena
Turner, Lena--Imprisonment

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

4 items in 2 collections (expand all)

King--SNCC Position Papers & Reports, 1963-1965 (except Waveland, Mississippi, November 1964) (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 20)

Creator:: King, Mary E., 1940-
Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 8)

Creator:: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Date of Original:: 1930/2002
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African Americans protesting for the release of arrested women in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 28

Creator:: WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:: 1965-07-28
Collection:: WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:: Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

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

Turner, Lena

Freedom Summer Digital Collection

WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection