The story of Greenwood, Mississippi [sound recording], 1965.

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The story of Greenwood, Mississippi [sound recording], 1965.

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A documentary on the civil rights struggle in Greenwood, Mississippi, recorded and produced by Carawan for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 1965, made and distributed by Folkways Records (Album No. FD 5593); plus an 11-page printed transcription which accompanied the disc.

0.1 c.f. (1 folder) and1 disc recording.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923402

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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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....

Carawan, Guy, 1927-2015

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Guy Carawan (1927-2015) was a musician and songwriter. He is credited, along with Zilphia Horton, Frank Hamilton, and Pete Seeger, as one of the authors of the civil rights anthem, We Shall Overcome....