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In Memoriam: Walter “Billy” Stafford
Walter "Billy" Stafford
1940-2008
Billy Stafford was born in 1940 in...
In Memoriam: Samuel Leamon Younge Jr.
Samuel Leamon Younge Jr.
1944-1966
Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. was...
In Memoriam: Ralph Featherstone
Ralph Featherstone
1939-1970
Ralph Featherstone was born in Washington DC in...
In Memoriam: Prathia Hall
Prathia Hall
1940-2002
Prathia Hall was born and raised in Philadelphia,...
In Memoriam: Hellen O’Neal McCray
Hellen O'Neal McCray
1941-2010
Hellen O’Neal McCray, Freedom Rider, was...
In Memoriam: Cordell Reagon
Cordell Reagon
1943-1996
Cordell Reagon was an American singer and activist....
In Memoriam: Charles Horwitz
Charles Horwitz
1935-2006
Jules Charles Horwitz was born in 1935, in...
SNCC 60th Anniversary – The Importance Of Land And The Fight Against Food Insecurity
Thousands of people live in food deserts, are dependent...
SNCC 50th Anniversary – Vol. 03 – From Student Activists to Field Organizers
SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference
Volume 3 - From Student Activists...
SNCC 40th Anniversary – Vol. 03 – Questions from the remembrance of Ms. Ella Baker
Workshop discussing SNCC’s evolution by Muriel Tillinghast, Bob Zellner...
In Memoriam: Frank Cieciorka
Frank Cieciorka
1939-2008
Frank Cieciorka was a noted graphic artist for...
In Memoriam: Eugene Willie Steptoe
Eugene Willie Steptoe
1907-1983
Eldridge Willie (E.W.) Steptoe was born in...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Attacks On Democracy
We are standing on dangerous ground today. Much that...
Tarana Burke stated, “These movements aren’t about anger. We’re not angrily saying ‘Black Lives Matter.’ We’re declaring it. It’s a declaration.”
Tarana Burke stated, “These movements aren’t about anger. We’re...
Stokely Carmichael stated, “I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white people, not for black people.”
Stokely Carmichael stated, “I maintain that every civil rights...
Ida B. Wells stated, “The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law.”
Ida B. Wells stated, “The South resented giving the...
Fannie Lou Hamer declared at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, “We didn’t come for no two seats when all of us is tired!”
Fannie Lou Hamer declared at the 1964 Democratic National...
Julian Bond stated, “The humanity of all Americans is diminished when any group is denied rights granted to others.”
Julian Bond stated, “The humanity of all Americans is...
Charles Jones, SNCC Executive Committee member, said, “Civil defense and economic power alone will not insure the continuation of Democracy.”
Charles Jones, SNCC Executive Committee member, said, “Civil defense...
In Memoriam: Norris McNamara
Norris McNamara
1942 - 2020
SNCC Staff photographer Norris McNamara passed...
In Memoriam: Morris Lenwood Ruffin, Jr.
Morris Lenwood Ruffin, Jr.
1944 - 2021
Morris Ruffin, later known...
In Memoriam: Julius Lester
Julius Lester
Julius Lester, SNCC photographer 1966-1968, died January 18,...
In Memoriam: Joseph Charles Jones
Joseph Charles Jones
August 23, 1937 – December 27, 2019
Charles...
In Memoriam: John M. O’Neal
John M. O'Neal
Actor, playwright, director and cultural activist John...
In Memoriam: Jimmy Rogers
Jimmy Rogers
1937-2021
SNCC Veteran Jimmy Rogers passed away from Coronavirus...
In Memoriam: James O. Jones
James O. Jones
1943-2019
Former Director of the Arkansas SNCC Project...
In Memoriam: Ivanhoe Donaldson
Ivanhoe Donaldson
1941-2016
Ivanhoe Donaldson died April 3, 2016 in Washington,...
In Memoriam: Harriet Tanzman
Harriet Tanzman
1940-2020
Harriet Tanzman was born in Brooklyn, New York...
