- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Statement by John Lewis, chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee at staff meeting; February 1965
- Creator:
- Lewis, John, 1940 Feb. 21-
- Date of Original:
- 1965-02-01
- Subject:
- Discrimination
Race relations
Civil rights
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) - People:
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Three-page statement written by John Lewis, chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963-1966. Lewis's statement compares the struggle for equal rights for African Americans in the United States to the situation for black Africans and describes specific problems in the South that concern SNCC.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_d8d5a4ee-1c20-416f-a493-d3aa26d962fb
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M357 Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection
Box 1, Folder 24 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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