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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. -
Muslim Tenants Are Pervasive; Want Social Change
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 16, 1962 following up on a previous article which "reviewed the basic tenets of the Black Muslims." The Black Muslim movement is framed as a favored replacement of the Christian church, especially in relation to the civil rights movement. In this piece, the major categories of Black Muslim ideology analyzed are religious, economic, political, then concluded by a section on the future. -
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. -
Northern Agitators in the South
a narrative about Louise Bennett's experience with civil rights activism during the summer of 1963 -
NSA Voter Registration Drive
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 16, 1962 which reports on the voter registration project in Raleigh, North Carolina sponsored by the National Student Association (NSA). The politics of desegregation and political participation among Black communities for the purposes of enacting change, along with the white population's responses, is discussed. -
Patch Dellinger Letter from Jail
a letter Evan Patch Dellinger wrote from jail as printed in a newspaper -
Penny Patch
Oral History created as part of the Swarthmore Libraries project Swarthmore Student Activism: Civil Rights, 1960 – 1966. Penny Patch, being interviewed by Stefanie Ramsay, Roberto Vargas, and Eleanor Naiman. 1-part audio with transcription, length 74:07. -
Penny Patch Oral History Transcript
Edited transcript of oral history recorded 2017-12-19 of Penny Patch, interviewed by Stephanie Ramsay, Roberto Vargas, and Eleanor Naiman.Tags Cambridge MD, Charles Sherrod, Charlotte Phillips, Congress for Racial Equality, Council of Federated Organizations, Dorothy Earley, Eastern Shore Civil Rights Project, Georgia, Judy Walenta, Mimi Feingold, Mississippi Summer Project, NAACP Chester, NAACP Youth Council, oral history transcript, Penny Patch, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, Swarthmore Political Action Club -
Photographs of Lucinda Kidder's Freedom Tote
several photographs of Lucinda Kidder's freedom tote bag from 1963 -
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.