Constance W. Curry papers, 1951-2002.

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Constance W. Curry papers, 1951-2002.

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The collection consists of the personal papers of Constance W. Curry from 1951-2002. The papers include materials relating to her civil rights activities, personal papers, and printed material. The first series includes minutes, correspondence, publicity and other records from civil rights and student organizations, particularly the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), and National Student Association (NSA). The second series includes papers from her high school years, papers from her college courses at Agnes Scott College, Agnes Scott publications (including college newspapers), and a small amount of material concerning her work with the Atlanta city government and the Chamber of Commerce. Also included is a typed manuscript draft of her book Silver Rights. The third series consists of a large collection of newspaper clippings covering various aspects of the civil rights movement as well as publications from a variety of organizations concerned with social change and civil rights. The collection includes several photographs and broadsides, including posters for the campaign of John Buffington for mayor of West Point, Mississippi, the National Democratic Party of Alabama, and an early SNCC poster featuring Julian Bond. The fouth series contains a VHS copy of a documentary produced by Constance Curry entitled, The Intolerable Burden.

8.25 linear ft. : (15 boxes and 1 OP)

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United States National Student Association

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

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Southern Student Organizing Committee (Nashville, Tenn.)

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Agnes Scott College

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Curry, Constance, 1933-....

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Constance W. Curry grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina and graduated from Greensboro High School in 1951. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Agnes Scott College (1955) and held a Fulbright Scholarship to the University of Bordeaux, France, during 1955-1956. She studied political science at Columbia University and received the J.D. degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law in 1984. For two years she served as National Field Representative of the Collegiate Council for the United Nations. From ...