CA Sponsors Chester Camp
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
subject: Swarthmore College
description: Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 2, 1962 reporting on the Chester Camp Project created by the Swarthmore Christian Association (CA). CA members fundraised for the summer camp and worked as camp counselors for camp attendees from Chester. The sponsors and other details of the project are disclosed.
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14956
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 10-02-1962
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Swarthmore (Pa.), Chester (Pa.)

Students Tutor in the Chester Area
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
subject: Swarthmore College
description: Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 2, 1962 announcing the establishment of the Chester Tutorial Project. Richard James from the Chester NAACP Youth Council speaks at the meeting with the Swarthmore students from the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC), the Christian Association (CA), and the Community Service Committee. Reasons for the project's creation, its goals, and plans for its execution are disclosed. The inspiration for the project is attributed to projects carried out in Philadelphia and New York by the Northern Student Movement.
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14954
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 10-02-1962
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Swarthmore (Pa.), Chester (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.), New York (Ny.)

Eastern Shore Area Civil Rights Target
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
description: Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 2, 1962 which is the second in a series on the Summer 1962 civil rights projects, this one focusing on rural Maryland. Tom Kennedy, a Swarthmore student, discloses his involvement in the Eastern Shore project in Cambridge, Maryland. The article discusses Kennedy's experience, including reflections on the formation of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC).
creator: Mimi Feingold
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14955
date: 10-02-1962
contributor: Tom Kennedy
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Cambridge (Md.), Baltimore (Md.), Swarthmore (Pa.), Chestertown (Md.), Easton (Md.)

Students' Harlem Tutorial Project Emphasizes High Scholarship, Negro Heritage and Culture
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
subject: Swarthmore College
description: Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on September 28, 1962 featuring the Harlem Educational Project (HEP), as part of a series featuring civil rights projects students on campus are involved in. School desegregation and the inequality of education between Black and white communities is discussed. Students involved in HEP express a need for motivation and cultural pride in order to address disparities in education.
creator: Mimi Feingold
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14950
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 09-28-1962
contributor: Charlotte Phillips and Dick Barrett
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Swarthmore (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.)

Liberals Split: Plan Sit-Ins
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
subject: Swarthmore College
description: Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on September 28, 1962 reporting on a debate among liberal students on campus containing a section on planning sit-ins. The section mentions the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC) and their plans to continue sit-ins and other actions to promote integration, as well as employment discrimination on campus. The Chester Tutorial Project is also mentioned.
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14952
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 09-28-1962
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Swarthmore (Pa.), Chester (Pa.)

Marshals in Mississippi
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
description: Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on September 25, 1962 announcing that U.S. federal marshals would be deployed to enforce public school integration in order to protect civil rights. This news is shared in relation to James Meredith being escorted onto the campus of Ole Miss in order to protect any violation of his civil rights as he became the first Black student on its campus. The article discusses this shift in U.S. federal law and enforcement away from protecting segregation and toward enforcing integration.
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14945
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 09-25-1962
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Washington (Dc.), Oxford (Ms.), Memphis (Tn.)

Violence Disrupts Southern Projects
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
description: Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on September 25, 1962 announcing incidents of violence at sites of voter registration efforts by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). There are multiple instances of shootings whose details are shared, including the names of those injured, their relation to the voter registration efforts, and their current condition. Toward the end of the article, the field secretary of SNCC comments on the attacks, including the racial politics motivating them.
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14944
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 09-25-1962
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Ruleville (Ms.), Hartford (Ct.), Jackson (Ms.), Washington (Dc.).

Roller Rink Integrated
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
subject: Swarthmore College
description: Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on September 21, 1962 announcing that a roller skating rink in Chester, PA was ordered to cease its discriminatory practices by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. This news is shared as a success following the month-long efforts of the Chester Youth Council of the NAACP and Swarthmore students to desegregate the rink. Details of the trial, including the students involved, as well as the event that led to it, are disclosed.
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14939
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 09-21-1962
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Chester (Pa.), Swarthmore (Pa.)

Local Groups Continue Sit-Ins Negotiations on Eastern Shore
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
subject: Swarthmore College
description: Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on February 16, 1962 sharing updates on the sit-in demonstrations for desegregation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, with a focus on those in Chestertown involving Swarthmore Students. The developments of the demonstrations are shared, including the local groups involved in leading them, as well as student groups who joined the actions.
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14807
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 02-16-1962
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Chestertown (Md.), Baltimore (Md.), Swarthmore (Pa.)

23 Test Public Accommodations on Maryland's Eastern Shore
subject: Civil Rights
subject: Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
subject: Swarthmore College
description: Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on February 9, 1962 reporting on demonstrations aimed at testing racial segregation policies at businesses in Chestertown, Maryland. The article focuses on student involvement in supporting the efforts of freedom riders and reports on what happened at the demonstrations, how the establishments reacted, as well as instances of retaliatory violence against demonstrators.
creator: Will Bloch
source: http://triptych.brynmawr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SC_Phoenix/id/14797
publisher: Swarthmore College
date: 02-09-1962
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language: eng
type: Text
coverage: Chestertown (Md.), Kent Island (Md.), Centreville (Md.), Baltimore (Md.), Swarthmore (Pa.), Philadelphia (Pa.), Chester (Pa.), New Haven (Ct.)