James Luther Bevel collection, 1965-1966.

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James Luther Bevel collection, 1965-1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53824331

This collection includes questionnaires, speeches, a reprint, and a newsletter pertaining to the nonviolent philosophy of James Bevel.

0.05 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7671258

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Bevel, James Luther, 1936-2008

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Civil rights activist Reverend James Luther Bevel was born in Itta Bena, Mississippi, on October 19, 1936. After a stint in the services, Bevel was called to the ministry and enrolled in the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. While in the Seminary, Bevel joined the Nashville chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), then led by the Reverend James Lawson.In 1960, Bevel and other black students trained by Lawson, including John Lewis, Dianne Nash, ...