In Memoriam: Amanda Bowens Perdew
Amanda Bowens Perdew
1945-2006
Amanda Bowens, who grew up in Americus,...
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: Charles Horwitz
Charles Horwitz
1935-2006
Jules Charles Horwitz was born in 1935, in...
In Memoriam: Charles Scattergood
Charles Scattergood
1942-1999
Charles E. Scattergood was born in Boothbay Harbor,...
In Memoriam: Colia Liddel Lafayette Clark
Colia Liddel Lafayette Clark
1940-2022
Clark was born in 1940 in...
In Memoriam: Cordell Reagon
Cordell Reagon
1943-1996
Cordell Reagon was an American singer and activist....
In Memoriam: Curtis Muhammad
Curtis Muhammad
1943-2022
The SNCC Legacy Project pays tribute to SNCC...
In Memoriam: Debbie Amis Bell
Debbie Amis Bell
1940-2017
Debbie epitomized the word "activist." She was...
In Memoriam: Donald Jelinek
Donald Jelinek
1934-2016
Donald Jelinek was a lawyer who defended civil...
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: Eric Jones
Eric Jones
1943-2020
Eric Jones passed away on Wednesday morning, January...
In Memoriam: Eugene Willie Steptoe
Eugene Willie Steptoe
1907-1983
Eldridge Willie (E.W.) Steptoe was born 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: Gwendolyn Greene Britt
Gwendolyn Greene Britt
1941-2008
Gwendolyn Greene was born and raised in...
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: 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: 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: Jane Stembridge
Jane Stembridge
1936-2021
Born in Georgia, Jane Stembridge was SNCC's first...
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: John M. O’Neal
John M. O'Neal
Actor, playwright, director and cultural activist John...
In Memoriam: Joseph Charles Jones
Joseph Charles Jones
August 23, 1937 – December 27, 2019
Charles...
In Memoriam: Julius Lester
Julius Lester
Julius Lester, SNCC photographer 1966-1968, died January 18,...
In Memoriam: Larry Mamiya
Larry Mamiya
1942-2019
SNCC Veteran Lawrence Hiroshi Mamiya, 76, Professor Emeritus...
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: 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: Norris McNamara
Norris McNamara
1942 - 2020
SNCC Staff photographer Norris McNamara passed...
In Memoriam: Prathia Hall
Prathia Hall
1940-2002
Prathia Hall was born and raised in Philadelphia,...
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: 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: Ruth Buffington Hansen
Ruth Buffington Hansen
1943 - 2009
Ruth Buffington was a high...
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: Sheila K. Michaels
Sheila K. Michaels
1939-2017
Born and raised in St.. Louis, in 1959...
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: Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell, the sharecropper who later became the...
In Memoriam: Walter “Billy” Stafford
Walter "Billy" Stafford
1940-2008
Billy Stafford was born in 1940 in...
