Lake, Ellen, 1944-

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Ellen Lake was born in New York City on November 11, 1944. She worked with the voter registration project in Gulfport, Mississippi, as a Mississippi Freedom Summer Project volunteer in 1964. She was a co-founder, editor, and reporter for The Southern Courier, a weekly newspaper begun in 1965 to cover news of civil rights and the African-American community in Alabama.

From the description of Lake (Ellen) Freedom Summer collection, 1964. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 56969411

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