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SPAC Opposes Participation In NDEA Program
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on December 12, 1962 covering a resolution released by the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC) expressing opposition to Swarthmore's participation in the National Defense Education Act (NDEA) program. SPAC's concern with the program include the new provisions which would enable funds to be denied to students on the basis of membership with organizations registered with the Subversive Activities Control Board (SACB). The article cites reasons for SPAC's opposition to the program, including the restriction of academic freedom and freedom of association, as well as the lack of due process and clarity of the provision. Coverage of the debate where the resolution was passed is included and continues on another page. Below the article, there is a picture of Swarthmore students playing a sports game with visiting students from Lancaster. -
SPAC Meets to Set Action
Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 10, 1961 reporting on the results of a Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC) meeting held for the purpose of establishing the upcoming year's strategy and election of officers. Professor Monroe C. Beardsley's comments at the meeting are disclosed, including his advice for the student group in their efforts to play a role in the advancement of civil liberties. Both local and national issues relating to civil rights and possible efforts to address them are discussed. -
SPAC Aids NAACP Youth in Local and Southern Problem
Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on November 3, 1961 reporting on an event for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Swarthmore's campus, hosted by the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC). The purposes of the event are disclosed, including efforts to fundraise and build community between the local white and Black populations. Extensions of these efforts are also reported on, including Swarthmore students attending meetings for the Youth branch of the Chester NAACP and developments in the town of Swarthmore for residents to be involved in local and national civil rights efforts. -
Socialist Urges Collegians Work Against Inequality
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 30, 1962 reporting about a speech given by Norman Thomas to Swarthmore students urging them to take action against inequality, including poverty, disease, and war. Thomas praises then non-violent methods of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and calls upon students to join their efforts. -
Socialist Thomas Will Seek $ to Support SNCC and CORE
Article from the Swarthmore PhoenixTags 1962, Bail fund, Civil rights movement, Club funding, Congress of Racial Equality, Eleanor Roosevelt, Gail Malmgreen, Law enforcement, Marion OH, Nonviolence, Princeton University, Socialism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Swarthmore College, Thomas Norman, Young People's Socialist League -
SNCC Expand Direct Action
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix, published on November 30, 1962, reports about the three day conference in Nashville, Tennessee with over 200 members of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Members provide reports about their voter registration projects, particularly in the areas of southwest Georgia and the delta area of Mississippi.
They discuss recent injunctions issued against civil rights actions that harass the movement and deliberate over whether they should violate the injunction or not; most are in favor of violation, comparing the injunctions to other unjust laws. SNCC staff Bob Zellner advocates for policy regarding "subversives" and the acceptance of aid and support from those regardless of political affiliation. This issue, along with that regarding the injunctions, is set to be discussed at the next SNCC executive meeting.
Comments by Reverend Slater King from Albany, Georgia are disclosed including his goals of the civil rights movement. At the end of the conference, the closing address by executive director Charles McDew is reported to have emphasized the civil right's movement ultimate concern with justice, freedom, and equality-- not just integration. -
SNCC
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on November 2, 1962 reports about the upcoming election day demonstration by the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The sponsors of the demonstration are listed, and plans to spread information and collect donations are disclosed. SNCC expresses a need for funds to continue its voter registration campaign for Black people in the South in efforts to combat the suppression of voting rights, citing a statistic by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. -
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. -
Roller Rink Integrated
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. -
Photographs of Lucinda Kidder's Freedom Tote
several photographs of Lucinda Kidder's freedom tote bag from 1963