Browse Items (118 total)

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  Mimi Feingold Real

  Oral History as part of the Swarthmore Libraries project Swarthmore Student Activism: Civil Rights, 1960 – 1966. Mimi Real, being interviewed by Melissa Kemp. Audio with transcription, length 143:02.

  Tags Civil rights demonstration, Civil rights movement, Mimi Feingold, oral history interview, Swarthmore College
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  Mimi Feingold Real Oral History Transcript

  Edited oral history transcript of Mimi Feingold Real interviewed by Melissa Kemp. 1-part audio.

  Tags Civil rights movement, Mimi Feingold, oral history transcript, Swarthmore College
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  Judy Richardson

  Oral History created as part of the Swarthmore Libraries project Swarthmore Student Activism: Civil Rights, 1960 – 1966. Judy Richardson, being interviewed by Stefanie Ramsay and Eleanor Naiman. 2-part audio with transcription, length 2:26:18

  Tags Civil rights demonstration, Civil rights movement, Judy Richardson, oral history interview, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Swarthmore College
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  Judy Richardson Oral History Transcript

  Edited oral history transcript recorded 2017-12-06 of Judy Richardson, interviewed by Stephanie Ramsey and Eleanor Naiman. 2-part audio.

  Tags 1968 Democratic Convention, Alabama, Antihierarchy, Atlanta Demonstrations, Blackside, Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, Carl Wittman, Chester PA, Civil Rights Movement Vet, Eyes on the Prize, Film-making, Freedom Plow Program Swarthmore, Freedom Riders, Georgia, Gloria Richardson, History Channel, Judy Richardson, Local leadership, Mimi Feingold, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Nonviolent Action Group, Northern Light Productions, oral history transcript, Penny Patch, Redlining, Reggie Robinson, SNCC Freedom Singers, SNCC North Carolina Campaign, Swarthmore Political Action Club, Tactical Nonviolence, Tarrytown NY, Violence, Wide Area Telephone Service
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  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.

  Tags 1962, Antiwar, Congress for Racial Equality, Nonviolence, Norman Thomas, Social inequality, Socialism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Swarthmore College
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  NAACP Exec Assails Chester Council

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 26, 1962 reporting on the executive director of the Chester National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Stanley Branche, and his comments to Chester city council and students participating in the Chester Tutorial Project. He asks city council to address unfair employment practices and discriminatory housing against Black residents, and their responses are disclosed. To those involved in the Chester Tutorial Project, Branche predicts that the Chester school administration will eventually support the project.

  Tags 1962, Asbury AME Church, Chester City Council, Chester NAACP, Chester PA, Chester Tutorial project, Cheyney State College, NAACP Youth Council, Public opinion, Racial discrimination, Stanley Branche, Swarthmore College, Tutoring
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  Thompson Webb

  Oral History as part of the Swarthmore Libraries project Swarthmore Student Activism: Civil Rights, 1960 – 1966. Thompson Webb, being interviewed by Melissa Kemp. Audio with transcription, length 143:02.

  Tags Civil rights movement, oral history interview, Swarthmore College, Thompson Webb
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  Thompson Webb Oral History Transcript

  Edited oral history transcript of Thompson Webb, interviewed by Melissa Kemp. 1-part audio.

  Tags Chester PA, Chester Tutorial project, oral history transcript, Swarthmore College, Thompson Webb
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  23 Test Public Accommodations on Maryland's Eastern Shore

  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.

  Tags 1962, Chestertown MD, Civil rights demonstration, Freedom Riders, Law enforcement, Racial discrimination, Segregation, Swarthmore College, Violence
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  Gavin Wright

  Oral History as part of the Swarthmore Libraries project Swarthmore Student Activism: Civil Rights, 1960 – 1966. Gavin Wright, being interviewed by Melissa Kemp. Audio with transcription, length 1282:12.

  Tags Civil rights demonstration, Civil rights movement, Gavin Wright, oral history interview, Swarthmore College