Kates, James M.

James (Jim) George Kates was born on March 4, 1945 in White Plains, New York. He became involved in the Civil Rights Movement in 1963, when he and a group of friends from White Plains helped solicit and collect donations for sharecroppers in Mississippi. Kates served as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Holly Springs and Batesville, Mississippi, in the summer of 1964 and volunteered again in Natchez in the summer of 1965.

From the description of Kates (Jim) papers, 1963-2001 (bulk 1963-1968). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 56586409