Browse Items (5 total)

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  John Bennett Oral History Transcript

  Edited transcript of oral history recorded 2017-09-12 of John Bennett, interviewed by Stefanie Ramsay, Roberto, Vargas, and Eleanor Naiman.

  Tags Arrest/Jail, Ashton House, Cambridge MD, Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee, Dorchester County, Frank Cochran, Gloria Richardson, John Bennett, Mary Lyons, Multiracial Organizing, NAACP Chester, Nonviolence, oral history transcript, Quakers, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, Swarthmore Political Action Club
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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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  AFSC Reports on Rhodesia Projects

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 3, 1962 reporting on a talk at a Friends Meeting forum by the executive secretary of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Colin Bell. The topic of Bell's talk, based on his month observing AFSC projects in East Africa, was "Quakers and the African Revolution." Discussion is focused on Southern and Northern Rhodesia, or Zimbabwe and the role of Quakers in the country.

  Tags 1962, African Revolution, American Friends Service Committee, Colin Bell, Friends Meeting, Nonviolence, Quakers, Relief project, Rhodesia
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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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  Economic Frustration Plus Dogma Spur Growth of Black Muslims

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 12, 1962 sharing information on the history, religious worldview, and politics of Black Islam. The author of the article uses information from C. Eric Lincoln's "The Black Muslims in America," (1961) to write about Black Muslims in order to alleviate some of the misinformation held by students on campus that he had observed.

  Tags 1962, Black Muslims, Boston MA, Carl Wittman, Civil rights movement, Elijah Muhammed, Fruit of Islam, Gender roles, Louis Farrakhan, Malcom X, New York NY, Nonviolence, Philadelphia PA, Raymond Sharrieff, Religion, Wallace D Fard