Movement History
In Memoriam: Ruth Buffington Hansen
Ruth Buffington Hansen
1943 - 2009
Ruth Buffington was a high...
In Memoriam: Howard Himmelbaum
Howard Himmelbaum
1940-2012
Howard Himmelbaum was born in 1940 in Brooklyn,...
In Memoriam: Robert “Bob” Cableton
Robert "Bob" Cableton
1938-2007
Bob Cableton, born in 1938 in Arkansas...
In Memoriam: Benjamin S. Grinage
Benjamin S. Grinage
1932-1987
Born in Kentucky and raised in Ohio,...
In Memoriam: Frank Holloway
Frank Holloway
1939-2018
Frank Holloway, born and raised in Atlanta, GA,...
In Memoriam: Amanda Bowens Perdew
Amanda Bowens Perdew
1945-2006
Amanda Bowens, who grew up in Americus,...
In Memoriam: Jane Stembridge
Jane Stembridge
1936-2021
Born in Georgia, Jane Stembridge was SNCC's first...
In Memoriam: Hilda Wilson
Hilda Wilson
1910-1975
Hilda C. Wilson was born in Jacksonville, Florida...
In Memoriam: Charles Scattergood
Charles Scattergood
1942-1999
Charles E. Scattergood was born in Boothbay Harbor,...
In Memoriam: Lucille Perlman
Lucille Perlman
As remembered by Bill Perlman
January 15, 2016
Sadly, my...
In Memoriam: Lorne Cress Love
Lorne Cress Love
1934-2023
Born Lorne Katharine Cress in Chicago in...
In Memoriam: Sheila K. Michaels
Sheila K. Michaels
1939-2017
Born and raised in St.. Louis, in 1959...
In Memoriam: Larry Mamiya
Larry Mamiya
1942-2019
SNCC Veteran Lawrence Hiroshi Mamiya, 76, Professor Emeritus...
In Memoriam: Gwendolyn Greene Britt
Gwendolyn Greene Britt
1941-2008
Gwendolyn Greene was born and raised in...
In Memoriam: Donald Jelinek
Donald Jelinek
1934-2016
Donald Jelinek was a lawyer who defended civil...
In Memoriam: Colia Liddel Lafayette Clark
Colia Liddel Lafayette Clark
1940-2022
Clark was born in 1940 in...
In Memoriam: Sandra Casey Hayden
Sandra Casey Hayden
1937-2023
SNCC Veteran and Freedom Rider Sandra Casey...
In Memoriam: Staughton Lynd
Staughton Lynd
1930-2022
Staughton Lynd, historian, activist, Friend of SNCC and...
In Memoriam: Myrtle Glascoe
Myrtle Glascoe
1936-2019
Myrtle Glascoe was born in 1936 in Washington,...
In Memoriam: Rev. Willie Blue
Rev. Willie Blue
1939-2022
SNCC Veteran the Reverend Willie Blue died...
In Memoriam: Ralph Allen
Ralph Allen
1941-2005
Born in Melrose, Massachusetts and a Trinity College...
In Memoriam: Jack Chatfield
Jack Chatfield
1942-2014
Born in 1942 in Baltimore, Jack Chatfield was...
In Memoriam: Carita Richardson
Carita Richardson
1935-2002
Carita Richardson was born in 1935 in Tarrytown,...
In Memoriam: James Peacock
James Arthur Peacock
1935-1998
James Arthur Peacock was born in Tallahatchie...
In Memoriam: Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael
Born Stokely Carmichael in Trinidad, and later known...
In Memoriam: Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell, the sharecropper who later became the...
In Memoriam: Tamio Wakayama
Tamio Wakayama
1941-2018
SNCC Photographer Tamio Wakayama passed away on March...
In Memoriam: Jesse T. Morris
Jesse T. Morris
1941-2021
SNCC Veteran Jesse Morris passed away this...
In Memoriam: Reverend Charles Sherrod
Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod, Civil Rights Leader Who Brought...