Michaels, Sheila Shiki y Kessler, 1939-
Reared in St. Louis, Missouri, Sheila Michaels worked for both the Congress of Racial Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Jackson, Mississippi, around 1962. During Freedom Summer in 1964, she was project manager of the Mississippi Council of Federated Organizations' Hattiesburg Project.
From the description of Michaels (Sheila) papers, 1960-2001 (bulk 1962-1964). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 55128318
Sheila Michaels was suspended from the College of William and Mary for her political and racial opinions while on the school newspaper's board. During the early 1960s, she worked for CORE and SNCC in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1964, she became the COFO project manager in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She conducted an oral history of the Congress of Racial Equality for Columbia University.
From the description of An oral history with Sheila Shiki y Kessler Michaels, 1999 June 5. c2000. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 46317623
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creatorOf | Michaels, Sheila Shiki y Kessler, 1939-. Michaels (Sheila) papers, 1960-2001 (bulk 1962-1964). | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
creatorOf | Nelson, Frank. An oral history with Frank Nelson, 18 November 1998. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
creatorOf | Michaels, Sheila Shiki y Kessler, 1939-. An oral history with Sheila Shiki y Kessler Michaels, 1999 June 5. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
creatorOf | Schwartz, Joseph, 1938-. An oral history with Joseph Schwartz, 1999 July 24. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library |
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associatedWith | Bolton, Charles C. | person |
associatedWith | Congress of Racial Equality. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Council of Federated Organizations. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Mississippi Freedom Project. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Nelson, Frank. | person |
associatedWith | Schwartz, Joseph, 1938- | person |
associatedWith | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | University of Southern Mississippi. | corporateBody |
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Civil rights workers |
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Birth 1939