Kwanguvu, Umoja, 1925-

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Umoja Kwanguvu, born William DeVaughn Jones, grew up in Birmingham, Ala. In the 1940s and 1950s, he served briefly in the Army and Air Force before earning his English degree from Miles College. Throughout his life, he has been sensitive to and enraged by racial inequality. In the early 1960s, he participated in the March on Washington and the Hattiesburg Freedom Summer. Kwanguvu taught in Georgia, Alabama, and New York before retiring from an administrative position at LaGuardia Community College in 1994.

From the description of An oral history with Umoja Kwanguvu, 1999 June 8. c2000. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 47179026

Born in Birmingham, Alabama, as William DeVaughn Jones, Kwanguvu spent much of his life as a civil rights activist beginning in the 1950s. He participated in Mississippi Freedom Summer project activities as a Freedom School teacher in Hattiesburg. He died in 2001 after a career in education in New York.

From the description of Kwanguvu (Umoja) Freedom Summer collection, 1964, 1999. (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 55128316

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creatorOf Kwanguvu, Umoja, 1925-. Kwanguvu (Umoja) Freedom Summer collection, 1964, 1999. University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library
creatorOf Kwanguvu, Umoja, 1925-. An oral history with Umoja Kwanguvu, 1999 June 8. University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library
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Mississippi--Hattiesburg
Southern States
Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Birmingham (Ala.)
Alabama--Birmingham
Mississippi
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African American civil rights workers
Civil rights workers
Discrimination in law enforcement
Police
Race discrimination
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Birth 1925

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