Savio, Mario

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Dates:
Birth 1942-12-08
Death 1996-11-06
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Mario Savio was an American political activist best known for his leadership in Berkeley's Free Speech Movement. In the summer of 1964 Savio went to Mississippi as a civil rights worker helping African Americans register to vote.

From the description of Mario Savio correspondence : Mississippi, to Cheri Stevenson, Berkeley, Calif. : ALS, 1964. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 63513514

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Civil rights
  • Students
  • Students
  • Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.)
  • Segregation
  • Student movements
  • Voter registration

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Places:

  • Mississippi (as recorded)

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