David Morris collection, 1952-1970 (bulk 1964-1969).

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David Morris collection, 1952-1970 (bulk 1964-1969).

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Correspondence, memos, notes, publications, posters, and pamphlets related to student organizing activities and protest movements at colleges and universities during the mid to late 1960s. The papers date from 1952 to 1970. Most were created by such organizations as the Southern Student Organizing Committee (SSOC), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Included are notes, pamphlets, posters, and publications reflecting protests against the military draft and the Vietnam War, documents related to other protest movements, and left-wing and mainstream newspapers and newsclippings covering various subjects related to anti-war and domestic protest movements.

4 oversized folders.

East Tennessee State University, TET

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SNAC Resource ID: 7392086

East Tennessee State University, TET

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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...

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....

Southern Student Organizing Committee (Nashville, Tenn.)

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Morris, David

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Student at Tusculum College and Milligan College, both in upper East Tennessee, in the late 1960s, during which time he was involved in student organizing activities and participated in protests. From the description of David Morris collection, 1952-1970 (bulk 1964-1969). (East Tennessee State University). WorldCat record id: 37312905 ...