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AFSC Interns Live, Learn, and Try to Teach In Nashville, Tenn
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 12, 1962 reports about the Community Service project in Nashville wherein interns from the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) spent their summers in a southern community working for a community service agency. The politics of desegregation and the state of Nashville in relation to the civil rights movement is discussed. -
Economic Frustration Plus Dogma Spur Growth of Black Muslims
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 12, 1962 sharing information on the history, religious worldview, and politics of Black Islam. The author of the article uses information from C. Eric Lincoln's "The Black Muslims in America," (1961) to write about Black Muslims in order to alleviate some of the misinformation held by students on campus that he had observed. -
Elijah Muhammad Enthralls Crowd; Calls for Race Separation
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 9, 1962 reporting on an address by Elijah Muhammed, "self-proclaimed prophet of Allah," given at the Philadelphia Arena. Muhammed criticizes Christianity, appeals to Black Muslim theology, and calls for race separation. Quotes from the address are provided, and the crowd's reaction is described. -
SNCC
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 9, 1962 announcing that the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) will resume their fundraiser following the lifting of legal roadblocks. Details of the week-long fundraiser are disclosed. -
Volunteer Tutors Flock to SPAC
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 9, 1962 reporting on a Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC) meeting where the amount of volunteers for the Chester Tutorial Project exceed expectations. Changes in leadership within SPAC and the Chester Tutorial Project are discussed. -
SPAC Receives Green Card Funds from SC
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 9, 1962 reporting on a debate over whether Green Card Funds could be given to social-political campus activities. The article announces that the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC) wins financial support from Student Council (S.C.) and that the funds will go toward cooperation with the Chester NAACP Youth Council, along with other civil rights projects. Further news on funding and S.C. developments are also mentioned.Tags 1962, Allan Berlind, Chester NAACP Youth Council, Chester Tutorial project, Christian Association, Club funding, Dorothy Earley, Eastern Shore Civil Rights Project, Green Card Funds, Mike Manove, Mimi Feingold, National Student Association, Paul Booth, Student Council, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore Political Action Club, WSRN -
Enrollment of Meredith In Ole Miss Stirs SC Action, Opinion On Campus
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 5, 1962 containing two letters written by Swarthmore Student Council (S.C.): one for James Meredith and one for the University of Mississippi's Student Council. The letters commend Meredith's courage in being the first Black student to attend University of Mississippi, advise the University's student body as to how they should react to desegregation, and share Swarthmore S.C.'s Rights resolution. -
CA Sponsors Chester Camp
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. -
Students Tutor in the Chester Area
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.Tags 1962, Charlotte Phillips, Chester NAACP Youth Council, Chester PA, Chester Tutorial project, Christian Association, Community Service Committee, Education, New York NY, Northern Student Movement, Philadelphia PA, Richard James, Segregation, Social inequality, Swarthmore PA, Swarthmore Political Action Club, Tutoring -
Eastern Shore Area Civil Rights Target
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).Tags 1962, Baltimore MD, Boycotts, Cambridge MD, Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, Chestertown MD, Civil Interest Group of Baltimore, Civil rights movement, Desegregation, Eastern Shore Civil Rights Project, Easton MD, Freedom Riders, Mimi Feingold, Northern Student Movement, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Thomas Kennedy