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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.

  Tags 1962, board of managers, Campus Americans for Democratic Action, Election Day, National Student Association, Northern Student Movement, Steven Nathanson, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, Swarthmore PA, Voter registration
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  Students Tutor in the Chester Area

  Article from the Swarthmore Phoenix published on October 2, 1962 announcing the establishment of the Chester Tutorial Project. Richard James from the Chester NAACP Youth Council speaks at the meeting with the Swarthmore students from the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC), the Christian Association (CA), and the Community Service Committee. Reasons for the project's creation, its goals, and plans for its execution are disclosed. The inspiration for the project is attributed to projects carried out in Philadelphia and New York by the Northern Student Movement.

  Tags 1962, Charlotte Phillips, Chester NAACP Youth Council, Chester PA, Chester Tutorial project, Christian Association, Community Service Committee, Education, New York NY, Northern Student Movement, Philadelphia PA, Richard James, Segregation, Social inequality, Swarthmore PA, Swarthmore Political Action Club, Tutoring
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  SPAC Aids NAACP Youth in Local and Southern Problem

  Article from The Swarthmore Phoenix published on November 3, 1961 reporting on an event for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Swarthmore's campus, hosted by the Swarthmore Political Action Club (SPAC). The purposes of the event are disclosed, including efforts to fundraise and build community between the local white and Black populations. Extensions of these efforts are also reported on, including Swarthmore students attending meetings for the Youth branch of the Chester NAACP and developments in the town of Swarthmore for residents to be involved in local and national civil rights efforts.

  Tags 1961, Carl Wittman, Chester NAACP, Chester NAACP Youth Council, Civil rights movement, Congress of Racial Equality, George Raymond, Margaret Neisser, Swarthmore PA, Swarthmore Political Action Club