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  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.

  Tags 1964, Chester PA, Chicago IL, Hazard KY, Louisville KY, Newark NJ, Philadelphia PA, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, Summer projects, Swarthmore Political Action Club, Trenton NJ
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  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.

  Tags 1962, Desegregation, Education, Kitty Calhoun, Ku Klux Klan, Mimi Feingold, National Student Association, Raleigh Citizens Association, Raleigh NC, Segregation, Sitin demonstrations, Summer projects, 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
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  CA Sponsors Chester Camp

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 2, 1962 reporting on the Chester Camp Project created by the Swarthmore Christian Association (CA). CA members fundraised for the summer camp and worked as camp counselors for camp attendees from Chester. The sponsors and other details of the project are disclosed.

  Tags 1962, Chester Camp Project, Chester PA, Christian Association, Summer projects