Papers of Christopher B. Martin [manuscript], 1968-1970.

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Papers of Christopher B. Martin [manuscript], 1968-1970.

Collection includes a 1968 issue of the "Berkeley Barb"; pamphlets and broadsides re the Vietnamese War, the Black Panthers, the 1968 presidential election, and the SDS; and a letter, 1969 August 11, from Eugene J. McCarthy to Martin thanking him for his support.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7920730

University of Virginia. Library

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Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)

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Black Panther Party

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McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005

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Martin, C. F. J. (Christopher F. J.)

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At the time of the interviews, Eugene K. Souder was co-chairman of Rockingham Concerned Citizens and pastor of a church in Grottoes; F. Everette Smith, poultry farmer, was president of the local Farm Bureau Association. Christopher B. Martin, journalist, has had a career as a reporter-photographer for a number of regional newspapers. He is currently employed as a reporter for WJMA Radio News, Orange, Va. From the description of Papers, Unknown dates, during period from 1980-1985. (Ja...