"Wednesdays in Mississippi" Papers of Susan Goodwillie Stedman, 1964.

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"Wednesdays in Mississippi" Papers of Susan Goodwillie Stedman, 1964.

Diary and notes of Susan Goodwillie Stedman, first white staff person of the National Council of Negro Women, during her stay in Jackson Mississippi, June 27, 1964 to August 17, 1964 working for the Wednesdays in Mississippi project.

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University of Virginia. Library

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National Council of Negro Women

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The National Council of Negro Women (NANW) was founded December 5, 1935 by Mary McLeod Bethune. It grew out of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW). Bethune was an educator and the daughter of former slaves. She branched off the ideas of the NACW and began the start of the NCNW to help African American women and their families. Women on the council fought more towards political and economic successes of black women to uplift them in society. NCNW fulfills this mission through researc...

Stedman, Susan Goodwillie.

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Wednesdays in Mississippi

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