Laura J. Bock papers, 1961-1969.

Congress of Racial Equality

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Downtown CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), a chapter of the CORE national organization, was formed in March 1963 and remained active until the end 1966. Based on Manhattan's Lower East Side, it was one of nearly a dozen New York City local chapters organized in the early 1960s. Its founders included Rita and Michael Schwerner (the latter one of the group of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964), and its members included radical pacifist Igal Rodenko, anarchi...

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), also referred to as the Freedom Democratic Party, was an American political party created in 1964 as a branch of the populist Freedom Democratic organization in the state of Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement. It was organized by African Americans and whites from Mississippi to challenge the established power of the Mississippi Democratic Party, which at the time allowed participation only by whites, when African-Americans made up 40% of...

Bock, Laura J.

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W.E.B. Du Bois Clubs of America

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Vietnam Day Committee (Berkeley, Calif.)

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The Vietnam Day Committee (VDC) was a coalition of left-wing political groups, student groups, labor organizations, and pacifist religions that opposed the Vietnam War. It was formed in Berkeley, California in the spring of 1965, and was active through the majority of the Vietnam War, organizing serveral rallies and marches in California as well as coordinating and sponsoring nationwide protests. From the description of Vietnam Day Committee collection of materials related to the Nov...