Hayden, Casey, 1937-2023

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Cason Hayden was an American radical student activist and civil rights worker in the 1960s. Recognized for her defense of direct action in the struggle against racial segregation, in 1960 she was an early recruit to Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). With Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi, Hayden was a strategist and organizer for the 1964 Freedom Summer. In the internal discussion that followed its uncertain outcome, she clashed with the SNCC national executive.
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creatorOf Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). Atlanta Office. Northern Coordination Dept. records, 1959-1968. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center
creatorOf Reminiscences of Casey Hayden : oral history, 1988. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Hayden, Tom. Tom Hayden papers, 1956-1964. University of Michigan
creatorOf Papers of Julian Bond 1897-2006 University of Virginia. Small Special Collections Library
creatorOf Hayden, Tom. Papers, 1956-1964. University of Michigan
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associatedWith Bond, Julian, 1940- person
associatedWith Chafe, William Henry, person
associatedWith Hayden, Casey. person
associatedWith Hayden, Casey (Sandra Cason) person
associatedWith Hayden, Tom. person
associatedWith Hayden, Tom. person
associatedWith Lowenstein, Allard K. (Allard Kenneth), 1929-1980. person
associatedWith Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.). Atlanta Office. corporateBody
associatedWith Village Independent Democrats. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Austin TX US
Arizona AZ US
United States 00 US
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Civil rights
Civil rights workers
Male homosexuality
Student movements
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Civil rights activists
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