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  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.

  Tags 1962, Civil rights demonstration, Club funding, Election Day, National Student Association, Northern Student Movement, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, Voter registration, Voting rights
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  Socialist Thomas Will Seek $ to Support SNCC and CORE

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix

  Tags 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
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  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