Hayden, Casey, 1937-2023
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Cason Hayden was an American radical student activist and civil rights worker in the 1960s. Recognized for her defense of direct action in the struggle against racial segregation, in 1960 she was an early recruit to Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). With Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi, Hayden was a strategist and organizer for the 1964 Freedom Summer. In the internal discussion that followed its uncertain outcome, she clashed with the SNCC national executive.
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| creatorOf | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). Atlanta Office. Northern Coordination Dept. records, 1959-1968. | Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center | |
| creatorOf | Reminiscences of Casey Hayden : oral history, 1988. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Hayden, Tom. Tom Hayden papers, 1956-1964. | University of Michigan | |
| creatorOf | Papers of Julian Bond 1897-2006 | University of Virginia. Small Special Collections Library | |
| creatorOf | Hayden, Tom. Papers, 1956-1964. | University of Michigan |
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| associatedWith | Bond, Julian, 1940- | person |
| associatedWith | Chafe, William Henry, | person |
| associatedWith | Hayden, Casey. | person |
| associatedWith | Hayden, Casey (Sandra Cason) | person |
| associatedWith | Hayden, Tom. | person |
| associatedWith | Hayden, Tom. | person |
| associatedWith | Lowenstein, Allard K. (Allard Kenneth), 1929-1980. | person |
| associatedWith | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). Atlanta Office. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Village Independent Democrats. | corporateBody |
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| United States | 00 | US |
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