Papers, 1961-1964.

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Papers, 1961-1964.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145771393

Papers of a civil rights worker and political activist who served as an organizer and representative for a number of groups in the South.

0.2 c.f. (1 archives box)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6840105

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)

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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is a radical student group that descended from the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS) which was founded in 1905. The ISS changed its name in 1921 to the League for Industrial Democracy (LID), a social-democratic educational and organizational group. Its student branch, the Student League for Industrial Democracy (SLID), merged with National Student League in 1935 to form American Student Union (ASU) but soon split over ASUs alleged communist affiliati...

Shirah, Samuel C., 1943-

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Born in 1943 in Troy, Alabama, Samuel C. Shirah, Jr. worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee as an organizer. In 1963 he joined other volunteers to complete the protest march of murdered postal worker William Moore. Shirah was jailed in Alabama and Virginia for his civil rights activities. From the description of Shirah (Samuel C. Jr.) papers, ca. 1955-2003 (bulk 1963-1964). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 54057015 ...