In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Amanda Bowens Perdew

Amanda Bowens Perdew 1945-2006 Amanda Bowens, who grew up in Americus,...

In Memoriam: Amzie Moore

Amzie Moore 1911-1982 Amzie Moore was born in 1911 on Wilkin...

In Memoriam: Anne Braden

Anne Braden 1924-2006 Anne Braden, a white Southerner, was born and...

In Memoriam: Annie Devine

Annie Bell Robinson Devine 1912-2000 Annie Devine was born in...

In Memoriam: Avon Rollins

Avon Rollins The passing of our brother, Avon Rollins (on...

In Memoriam: Benjamin S. Grinage

Benjamin S. Grinage 1932-1987 Born in Kentucky and raised in Ohio,...

In Memoriam: Betty Garman Robinson

Betty Garman Robinson January 8, 1939- October 11, 2020 Born in...

In Memoriam: Carita Richardson

Carita Richardson 1935-2002 Carita Richardson was born in 1935 in Tarrytown,...

In Memoriam: Carl Imiola Young

Carl Imiola Young 1942 - 2008 Born in Honolulu, Hawaii in...

In Memoriam: Charles Horwitz

Charles Horwitz 1935-2006 Jules Charles Horwitz was born in 1935, in...

In Memoriam: Charles McDew

Charles F. McDew June 1938 - April 3, 2018 Retired history...

In Memoriam: Charles Scattergood

Charles Scattergood 1942-1999 Charles E. Scattergood was born in Boothbay Harbor,...

In Memoriam: Clifford A. Vaughs

Clifford A. Vaughs 1937-2016 Clifford A. Vaughs . . . civil...

In Memoriam: Colia Liddel Lafayette Clark

Colia Liddel Lafayette Clark 1940-2022 Clark was born in 1940 in...

In Memoriam: Connie Curry

Connie Curry 1933-2020 Connie Curry died June 20, 2020 in Atlanta,...

In Memoriam: Cordell Reagon

Cordell Reagon 1943-1996 Cordell Reagon was an American singer and activist....

In Memoriam: Cornelius J. Jones

Cornelius J. Jones Cornelius J. Jones of Mendenhall, MS died...

In Memoriam: Curtis Muhammad

Curtis Muhammad 1943-2022 The SNCC Legacy Project pays tribute to SNCC...

In Memoriam: Cynthia Washington

Cynthia Washington February 22, 1942 - March 2, 2014 A native...

In Memoriam: Debbie Amis Bell

Debbie Amis Bell 1940-2017 Debbie epitomized the word "activist." She was...

In Memoriam: Dick Gregory

Dick Gregory October 12, 1932 – August 19, 2017 Dick Gregory,...

In Memoriam: Donald Jelinek

Donald Jelinek 1934-2016 Donald Jelinek was a lawyer who defended civil...

In Memoriam: Donald P. Stone

Donald P. Stone 1935 - September 13, 2019 We are saddened...

In Memoriam: Dr. Doris Adelaide Derby

Dr. Doris Adelaide Derby 1939- 2022 The SNCC Legacy Project is...

In Memoriam: Dr. Gwendolyn M. Patton

Dr. Gwendolyn M. Patton Dr. Gwendolyn M. Patton died suddenly...

In Memoriam: Eddie Charles Brown, Jr.

Eddie Charles Brown, Jr. “His devotion, eloquence and generosity of...

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Martinez

Elizabeth Martinez 1925-2021 Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez died June 29, 2021...

In Memoriam: Ella Baker

Ella Baker 1903-1986 Ella Josephine Baker was born in 1903 in...

In Memoriam: Eric Jones

Eric Jones 1943-2020 Eric Jones passed away on Wednesday morning, January...

In Memoriam: Ethel Minor

Ethel Minor 1938-2022 Raised in Chicago, Ethel Minor was working as...

In Memoriam: Eugene Willie Steptoe

Eugene Willie Steptoe 1907-1983 Eldridge Willie (E.W.) Steptoe was born in...

In Memoriam: Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer 1917-1977 Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer was born in...

In Memoriam: Faye Bellamy

Faye Bellamy Faye Bellamy was born in May, 1938 in...

In Memoriam: Frank Cieciorka

Frank Cieciorka 1939-2008 Frank Cieciorka was a noted graphic artist for...

In Memoriam: Frank Holloway

Frank Holloway 1939-2018 Frank Holloway, born and raised in Atlanta, GA,...

In Memoriam: George L. Greene

George L. Greene October 8, 1943 - October 24, 2018 A...

In Memoriam: George Ware

George Ware April 21, 1940 – October 5, 2012 In March...

In Memoriam: Gloria Richardson

Gloria Richardson Gloria Richardson passed away at her home in...

In Memoriam: Gwendolyn Greene Britt

Gwendolyn Greene Britt 1941-2008 Gwendolyn Greene was born and raised in...

In Memoriam: Hardy Frye

Hardy Frye 1939-2021 Hardy Frye died at home in Berkeley,...

In Memoriam: Harriet Tanzman

Harriet Tanzman 1940-2020 Harriet Tanzman was born in Brooklyn, New York...

In Memoriam: Hellen O’Neal McCray

Hellen O'Neal McCray 1941-2010 Hellen O’Neal McCray, Freedom Rider, was...

In Memoriam: Hilda Wilson

Hilda Wilson 1910-1975 Hilda C. Wilson was born in Jacksonville, Florida...

In Memoriam: Howard Himmelbaum

Howard Himmelbaum 1940-2012 Howard Himmelbaum was born in 1940 in Brooklyn,...

In Memoriam: Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn 1922-2010 Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27,...

In Memoriam: Hunter Morey

Hunter Morey 1940-1999 Born in Illinois, Hunter Morey was a civil...

In Memoriam: Ivanhoe Donaldson

Ivanhoe Donaldson 1941-2016 Ivanhoe Donaldson died April 3, 2016 in Washington,...

In Memoriam: Jack Chatfield

Jack Chatfield 1942-2014 Born in 1942 in Baltimore, Jack Chatfield was...

In Memoriam: Jack Minnis

Jack Minnis 1926-2005 Jack Minnis was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma in...

In Memoriam: James Forman

James Forman 1928-2005 Born In Chicago in 1928 but raised by...

In Memoriam: James O. Jones

James O. Jones 1943-2019 Former Director of the Arkansas SNCC Project...

In Memoriam: James Peacock

James Arthur Peacock 1935-1998 James Arthur Peacock was born in Tallahatchie...

In Memoriam: Jan Bailey

Jan Bailey 1942-2010 Jan Bailey was born in 1942 in Salisbury,...

In Memoriam: Jane Stembridge

Jane Stembridge 1936-2021 Born in Georgia, Jane Stembridge was SNCC's first...

In Memoriam: Jean Wiley

Jean Wiley June 11, 1942 – December 9, 2019 The courage,...

In Memoriam: Jesse Lee Harris

Jesse Lee Harris SNCC veteran Jesse Lee Harris died January...

In Memoriam: Jesse T. Morris

Jesse T. Morris 1941-2021 SNCC Veteran Jesse Morris passed away this...

In Memoriam: Jimmy Rogers

Jimmy Rogers 1937-2021 SNCC Veteran Jimmy Rogers passed away from Coronavirus...

In Memoriam: Jimmy Travis

Jimmy Travis 1942-2009 Born and raised in Jackson, MS, Jimmy Travis...

In Memoriam: Joanne Gavin

Joanne Gavin 1932-2021 SNCC veteran Joanne Gavin died at home in...

In Memoriam: John A. Wilson

John A. Wilson 1943-1993 John Augustus Wilson was born in Baltimore,...

In Memoriam: John Lewis

John Lewis 1940-2020 Congressman John Robert Lewis, who served as the...

In Memoriam: John M. O’Neal

John M. O'Neal Actor, playwright, director and cultural activist John...

In Memoriam: John W. Perdew

John W. Perdew 1941-2014 Born in Denver, John Perdew dropped out...

In Memoriam: Joseph Charles Jones

Joseph Charles Jones August 23, 1937 – December 27, 2019 Charles...

In Memoriam: Julian Bond

Julian Bond Julian Bond, Vice-Chair of the SNCC Legacy Project,...

In Memoriam: Julius Lester

Julius Lester Julius Lester, SNCC photographer 1966-1968, died January 18,...

In Memoriam: June E. Johnson

June E. Johnson 1947-2007 June E. Johnson was born in Greenwood,...

In Memoriam: Larry Mamiya

Larry Mamiya 1942-2019 SNCC Veteran Lawrence Hiroshi Mamiya, 76, Professor Emeritus...

In Memoriam: Lawrence Guyot

Lawrence Guyot WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lawrence Guyot, the scion of...

In Memoriam: Len Holt

Len Holt 1928 - 2016 Born in 1928 in Tuscumbia, Alabama,...

In Memoriam: Lorne Cress Love

Lorne Cress Love 1934-2023 Born Lorne Katharine Cress in Chicago in...

In Memoriam: Lucille Perlman

Lucille Perlman As remembered by Bill Perlman January 15, 2016 Sadly, my...

In Memoriam: Marion Barry

Marion Barry Marion Barry, SNCC’s first Chairman, died November 23,...

In Memoriam: Marshall Jones

Marshall Jones January 6, 1938 - March 29, 2020 SNCC Freedom...

In Memoriam: Matt Herron

Matt Herron 3 August 1931 - August 7, 2020 Matthew...

In Memoriam: Matthew Jones

Matthew Jones For us in SNCC, Matt Jones: friend, comrade...

In Memoriam: Mattie Bivins

Mattie Bivins February 24, 1940 - October 25, 2018 On a...

In Memoriam: Mendy Samstein

Mendy Samstein 1938-2007 Mendy Samstein was born and raised in New...

In Memoriam: Mildred Forman

Mildred Forman 1934 – March 17, 2018 Mildred Forman Page passed...

In Memoriam: Monroe Sharpe

Monroe Sharpe Monroe Sharpe was born in 1940 in Chicago. ...

In Memoriam: Morris Lenwood Ruffin, Jr.

Morris Lenwood Ruffin, Jr. 1944 - 2021 Morris Ruffin, later known...

In Memoriam: Myrtle Glascoe

Myrtle Glascoe 1936-2019 Myrtle Glascoe was born in 1936 in Washington,...

In Memoriam: Norma Becker

Norma Becker 1930-2006 Norma Becker was born in the Bronx, NY...

In Memoriam: Norris McNamara

Norris McNamara 1942 - 2020 SNCC Staff photographer Norris McNamara passed...

In Memoriam: Paul Brooks

Paul Brooks 1939-2089 Paul E. Brooks was born in 1939 in...

In Memoriam: Philip Davis

Philip Davis 1939-1970 Philip C. Davis was born and raised...

In Memoriam: Prathia Hall

Prathia Hall 1940-2002 Prathia Hall was born and raised in Philadelphia,...

In Memoriam: Rafael Bentham

Rafael Bentham Rafael Bentham, born in 1945 and raised in...

In Memoriam: Ralph Allen

Ralph Allen 1941-2005 Born in Melrose, Massachusetts and a Trinity College...

In Memoriam: Ralph Featherstone

Ralph Featherstone 1939-1970 Ralph Featherstone was born in Washington DC in...

In Memoriam: Randy Battle

Randy Battle 1941-2009 Randy Battle was born and raised in Albany,...

In Memoriam: Rev. Willie Blue

Rev. Willie Blue 1939-2022 SNCC Veteran the Reverend Willie Blue died...

In Memoriam: Reverend Charles Sherrod

Rev. Charles Melvin Sherrod, Civil Rights Leader Who Brought...

In Memoriam: Robert “Bob” Cableton

Robert "Bob" Cableton 1938-2007 Bob Cableton, born in 1938 in Arkansas...

In Memoriam: Robert “Bob” Parris Moses

Robert "Bob" Parris Moses 1935 - 2021 The SNCC Legacy Project...

In Memoriam: Robert C. Mants, Jr.

Robert C. Mants, Jr. The SNCC Legacy Project mourns the...

In Memoriam: Robert Weil

Robert Weil 1940-2014 Robert Weil was born in Evanston, IL in...

In Memoriam: Ruby Doris Smith Robinson

Ruby Doris Smith Robinson 1942 - 1967 Ruby Doris Smith...

In Memoriam: Ruth Buffington Hansen

Ruth Buffington Hansen 1943 - 2009 Ruth Buffington was a high...

In Memoriam: Salynn McCollum

Salynn McCollum 1940-2014 Born in 1940 in Oklahoma. While a college...

In Memoriam: Sam Block

Sam Block 1939-2000 Sam Block was born in Cleveland, MS....

In Memoriam: Sam Shirah

Sam Shirah 1943 - 1980 Sam Curtis Shirah was born in...

In Memoriam: Samuel Leamon Younge Jr.

Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. 1944-1966 Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. was...

In Memoriam: Sandra Casey Hayden

Sandra Casey Hayden 1937-2023 SNCC Veteran and Freedom Rider Sandra Casey...

In Memoriam: Scott B. Smith, Jr.

Scott B. Smith, Jr. Born in 1934 in Chicago, Scott...

In Memoriam: Sheila K. Michaels

Sheila K. Michaels 1939-2017 Born and raised in St.. Louis, in 1959...

In Memoriam: Silas Norman

Silas Norman SNCC Project Director in Alabama, passed on July...

In Memoriam: Stanley Wise

Stanley Wise 1942-1996 Stanley Wise, born in Charlotte, NC in 1942,...

In Memoriam: Staughton Lynd

Staughton Lynd 1930-2022 Staughton Lynd, historian, activist, Friend of SNCC and...

In Memoriam: Stokely Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael Born Stokely Carmichael in Trinidad, and later known...

In Memoriam: Tamio Wakayama

Tamio Wakayama 1941-2018 SNCC Photographer Tamio Wakayama passed away on March...

In Memoriam: Tina Smith

Tina Smith 1942-2022 The SNCC Legacy Project is sad to announce...

In Memoriam: Travis O. Britt

Travis O. Britt 1934-2014 Travis O. Britt was a twenty-seven year...

In Memoriam: Unita Blackwell

Unita Blackwell Unita Blackwell, the sharecropper who later became the...

In Memoriam: Victoria Gray

Victoria Gray Adams 1926-2006 Born in 1926 in Palmer's Crossing,...

In Memoriam: Walter “Billy” Stafford

Walter "Billy" Stafford 1940-2008 Billy Stafford was born in 1940 in...

In Memoriam: William “Bill” Ware

William "Bill" Ware Bill Ware was born in Natchez, MS...

In Memoriam: William Hall

William (Bill) Hall 1936-2013 William “Winky” Hall grew up in...

In Memoriam: William Porter

William Porter William Porter, 76, son of the late John...

In Memoriam: Willie Lee Squire

Willie Lee Squire 1941-1969 Willie Lee Squire was born in 1941...

In Memoriam: Willie McCray

Willie McCray 1942-2006 Willie Lawrence McCray was born in 1942 in...

In Memoriam: Willie Peacock

Willie B. Wazir Peacock 1937-2016 Willie Wazir Peacock died in San...