Glass, Virginia Katharine, 1943-1965

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Virginia Katharine (Jinny) Glass was born in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. In 1964, the summer before her senior year at Pomona College, she served as a volunteer in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project. She worked at the Palmer's Crossing Community Center south of Hattiesburg as a recreation worker. Glass was killed in an automobile accident in California in February 1965.

From the description of Glass (Jinny) Mississippi Freedom Summer diary, 1964-1996 (bulk 1964-1965). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 56969409

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Civil rights movement
Civil rights workers
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Birth 1943

Death 1965

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