Kwanguvu (Umoja) Freedom Summer collection, 1964, 1999.

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Kwanguvu (Umoja) Freedom Summer collection, 1964, 1999.

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The collection contains photographs and personal reminiscences of Kwanguvu's experiences as a Freedom School teacher in 1964, as well as photographs taken during the 35th anniversary of Freedom Summer celebration held at the University of Southern Mississippi in June 1999.

.25 cu. ft.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7687968

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

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Mississippi Freedom Schools

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Mississippi Freedom Project

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University of Southern Mississippi

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Kwanguvu, Umoja, 1925-

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Umoja Kwanguvu, born William DeVaughn Jones, grew up in Birmingham, Ala. In the 1940s and 1950s, he served briefly in the Army and Air Force before earning his English degree from Miles College. Throughout his life, he has been sensitive to and enraged by racial inequality. In the early 1960s, he participated in the March on Washington and the Hattiesburg Freedom Summer. Kwanguvu taught in Georgia, Alabama, and New York before retiring from an administrative position at LaGuardia Community Colle...

Kwanguvu, Omoja, 1925-

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