Shirah (Samuel C. Jr.) papers, ca. 1955-2003 (bulk 1963-1964).

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Shirah (Samuel C. Jr.) papers, ca. 1955-2003 (bulk 1963-1964).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54057015

Newspaper and journal articles, correspondence, FBI files, and SNCC publications related to the civil rights activities of Samuel C. Shirah, Jr. and to the civil rights movement in general.

.45 cu. ft.

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7675221

University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library

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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....

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 ...