Ivanhoe Donaldson
1941-2016
Ivanhoe Donaldson died April 3, 2016 in Washington, DC. He was born in 1941 in New York City, the son of a policeman. He graduated from Michigan State University, where he became involved in the civil rights movement by delivering food to Mississippi sharecroppers during the winter of 1962-63, driving a truck loaded with supplies from Michigan to Clarksdale, MS. He soon began working full-time as a SNCC Field Secretary.
He was campaign manager for Julian Bond’s 1965 successful campaign for a seat in the Georgia state legislature and was SNCC’s point person at the Selma-to-Montgomery march. In 1968, Donaldson helped found Afro-American Resources, Inc., which ran the Drum and Spear Bookstore,Drum and Spear Press, and the Center for Black Education in Washington, D.C. He was also a visiting lecturer for Afro-American courses at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Donaldson advised and worked for Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry for many years.
In 1968, Donaldson helped found Afro-American Resources, Inc., which ran the Drum and Spear Bookstore,Drum and Spear Press, and the Center for Black Education in Washington, D.C. He was also a visiting lecturer for Afro-American courses at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1970. Donaldson advised and worked for Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry for many years.
Read more: http://zinnedproject.org/2014/06/sncc-classroom-visit-new-york/
Read more: http://onevotesncc.org/profile/ivanhoe-donaldson/
Transcript of an interview: http://digital.wustl.edu/e/eop/eopweb/don0015.0470.029prudencearndt.html
YouTube video of panel discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dili13clz5M
