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Collect $150 to Aid SNCC
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on November 9, 1962 reports on a drive for the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) done on election day by Swarthmore students. The fundraising event was for the benefit of SNCC's voter registration campaign in the South, aimed at addressing the suppression of voting rights for Black people. Reactions from the voters are described, and sponsors of the drive and endorsements from politicians are listed. -
Summer Projects
Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on May 12, 1964 about the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC) summer projects plans sponsored by Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Students are described as organizing community projects in Chester, Philadelphia, Newark, Trenton, Louisville, Hazard, and Chicago. Their hopes for the outcome of their projects, as well as their points of interest for both the committee and campus at large is mentioned. Also mentioned is an expressed desire to expand the scope of off-campus concerns outside of the country. -
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 -
Frank Cochran Oral History Transcript
Edited transcript of oral history recorded 2017-05-18 of Frank Cochran, interviewed by Stephanie Ramsay and Roberto Vargas.Tags 1963, ACLU, American Friends Service Committee, Arrest/Jail, Bail, Baltimore Sun, Beating, Bill Bradford, Cambridge MD, Carl Wittman, Dizzyland Restaurant Sit-In, Ellen Arguimbeau, Fehsenfeld, Frank Cochran, Gloria Richardson, John Bennett, Louis Redding, Louise Bennett, Mary Lyons, Mimi Feingold, NAACP Baltimore, North Carolina, Northern Student Movement, oral history transcript, Port Huron Statement, Quaker, Segregation, Students for a Democratic Society, Swarthmore Political Action Club, Tom Kennedy -
Janet Madden Oral History Transcript
Edited oral history transcript recorded 2017-12-13 of Janet Madden, interviewed by Stephanie Ramsey, Roberto Vargas, and Eleanor Naiman. -
John Bancroft Oral History Transcript
Edited oral history transcript recorded 2017-08-11 of John Bancroft, interviewed by Stephanie Ramsay and Roberto Vargas. 2-part audio.Tags Arrest/Jail, Bill Hauser, Birmingham Bombing, Black Student Association Sit-In, Cambridge MD, Campus Backlash, Canvassing, Carl Wittman, Chester Committee for Freedom Now, Chester Housing Compliance Surveys, Chester Juvenile Court, Communal Bail Outs, Connie Brown, Dean Cobbs, Faculty Sympathy, Franklin School Protest, Gus Hall, Head Start, John Bancroft, John F Kennedy, Mike Bancroft, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Mr. Beardsley's Assitance, NAACP Chester, Nick Eagleson, oral history transcript, Peace Movement, Picketing, Society for Anti-Nuclear Policy, Somerville Building, Stanley Branch, Students for a Democratic Society, Swarthmore Political Action Club, Swarthmore Draft Resistance Union, Swarthmore Political Action Club, Temple Baptist Church Chester, Verning Resort, Vietnam, Youth March for Integrated Schools -
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. -
Liberals Split: Plan Sit-Ins
Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on September 28, 1962 reporting on a debate among liberal students on campus containing a section on planning sit-ins. The section mentions the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC) and their plans to continue sit-ins and other actions to promote integration, as well as employment discrimination on campus. The Chester Tutorial Project is also mentioned.Tags 1962, Campus debate, Chester PA, Chester Tutorial project, Education, Employment discrimination, Integration, Mike Manove, Norman Thomas, Paul Booth, Racial discrimination, Sit-in demonstrations, Student Peace Union, Students for a Democratic Society, Students for Disarmament, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore Political Action Club, Tutoring -
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 -
Janet Madden
Oral History created as part of the Swarthmore Libraries project Swarthmore Student Activism: Civil Rights, 1960 – 1966. Janet Madden, being interviewed by Stefanie Ramsay, Roberto Vargas, and Eleanor Naiman. 1-part audio (with transcription), length 43:05.