Collection, 1974-2001.

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Collection, 1974-2001.

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Includes personal material about Lentz's 1964 civil rights work in Mississippi, including letters and his manuscript "Diary of a Country Lawyer During Two Weeks in Mississippi"; letters and certificates about his speaking engagements to recount this experience (1964-1966) and reference material about the civil rights movement in Mississippi (1960s-2001); includes one photograph of Lentz (1964).

2.5 linear in.

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7779914

Swarthmore College, Peace Collection, SCPC

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Lentz, Robert W.

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Robert W. Lentz; civil rights lawyer; admitted to practice in Pennsylvania in 1959, the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1970, the U.S. Supreme Court in 1980 and the U.S. Tax Court; received his undergraduate degree from Lafayette College and his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1958); worked with the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Mississippi; for two weeks in the summer of 1964, Lentz served as a lawyer to aid volunteers who were jailed...

Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)

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Swarthmore College. Peace Collection.

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