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  200 Negro and White Students Participate in Nashville Demonstrations

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on December 4, 1962 covering the organization of a civil rights demonstration in Nashville, Tennessee by Black and white students who were participants at a conference on behalf of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. The demonstration brought attention to institutions who discriminated against Black people, including the Nashville YMCA, a couple of cafeterias, and four restaurants. The article mentions that none of the aforementioned institutions fulfilled the demands of the demonstrators. Also mentioned is the presence of a crowd gathered to watch the demonstration, as well as the Nashville police.

  Tags 1962, Civil rights demonstration, Law enforcement, Nashville TN, Racial discrimination, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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  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.

  Tags 1962, Albany GA, Bob Zellner, Charles McDew, Civil rights demonstration, Direct action, Integration, Law enforcement, Nashville TN, Penny Patch, Socialism, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Voter registration, Voting rights
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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.

  Tags 1960, 1962, American Friends Service Committee, Community service, Desegregation, Education, Mimi Feingold, Nashville TN, Racial discrimination, Segregation, Sit-in demonstrations, Stand-in demonstrations, Summer projects, Violence