Joan C. Browning papers, 1961-1996.

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Joan C. Browning papers, 1961-1996.

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The collection consists of the papers of Joan C. Browning from 1961-1996. The papers include correspondence, writings, and other materials pertaining mostly to her involvement as a Freedom Rider in the Albany Movement in Georgia. The Albany Movement/Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee materials consist of Browning's letters from jail in Albany, Georgia, to her friend, Faye Powell, who resided in Atlanta. Browning writes about jail conditions, the importance of non-violent protest, the police officers in charge, her hunger strike, and the other individuals who were arrested. Also available are several letters or notes written by her fellow civil rights workers, mainly James Forman, Lenora Taitt, and Per W. Laursen, who were incarcerated with her. A large number of newspaper articles describing the events in Albany are included, on some of which Browning has written comments. There are also newsletters and news releases regarding the Albany Movement, a copy of Browning's Grand Jury arrest record, and two letters from her lawyer, C.B. King, of Albany, Georgia. A small notebook contains mainly notes she took while attending civil rights meetings and discussion groups from 1961-1962. Among these are notes she took at a town meeting at Atlanta University held on October 12, 1961 at which Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a talk. King's original autograph, which was secured by Ms. Browning on the evening of the talk, is on a separate page. The incoming correspondence contains letters from various friends, including several from Jim McManus who edited THE SPOKESMAN, journal of the inmates of Georgia State prison. There are a few letters concerning other aspects of the civil rights movement, including a letter from Browning to Lester Maddox concerning a black woman who no longer wanted to be an American due to racism. Writings by Joan Browning include various published articles and copies of her columns, the "Reader's Corner" and "History Lesson." Other materials include awards and certificates she received from 1956-1969, a signed Harry Belafonte program, and a few other printed items.

.5 linear ft. (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Forman, James, 1928-2005

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Social activist and organizer James Forman was born on October 4, 1928, in Chicago. He spent much of his childhood with his grandmother on a farm in Marshall County, Mississippi. His grandmother stressed the importance of education and his experiences in the segregated South proved very important in his developing social consciousness.Forman completed high school in 1947. He attended Chicago's Wilson Junior College before joining the U.S. Air Force. After completing four years of military servic...

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was created in 1960 at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its purpose was to coordinate the student protest movement. SNCC led voter registration drives in Mississippi and other southern states, held civil rights demonstrations advocating social integration, and sponsored the Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi....

Laursen, Per S.

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Browning, Joan C.

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Joan C. Browning grew up in rural South Georgia, graduated from Lumber City High School, and was the first in her family to attend college. She started college in 1960 at Georgia State College for Women (Milledgeville, Ga.) and was asked to leave after worshipping at a black church. She moved to Atlanta in 1961 and became involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. On December 10, 1961, Browning was among eight Freedom Riders who traveled on a segregated Georgia Central Railroad...

Taitt, Leora.

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