Papers, 1964-1966.

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Papers, 1964-1966.

Brief papers of a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker active in adult education programs; including a statement of the goals and problems of the Selma (Alabama) Literacy Project and a report on adult education activities funded by the Aaron E. Norman Fund, both written by Varela, and a speech concerning civil rights which she gave to a group of Brazilian students in 1966.

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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....

Varela, Mary

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