SNCC Voter Drive Faces Violence in Mississippi
The SNCC led voter registration campaign in Greenwood Mississippi meets violence and arson attempts as white threats escalate. Fire damages the Greenwood office and SNCC records, while police arrest Black registrants in Greenwood and Wilcox County Alabama. International groups mobilize aid, federal protection pressure grows, and SNCC plans to expand activity with volunteers amid appeals to the Justice Department.
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Greenwood
Mississippi
Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Collegiate Press Service
CPS
Jim Travis
Wilcox County
Justice Department
Mrs Bridges Noted Violinist and Barnard Leader Dies
Mrs Bridges born 1900 in Brooklyn was a renowned concert violinist and teacher. She led the violin department at the American School in Tokyo from 1930 to 1938 and earned praise from the London Times for her musical gift. Her daughter, Mrs Robert Harper, donated the Weber Grand piano to Barnard.
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Barnard
Bridges
United States
London
Val Marroll
Royal Academy
Hans Letz
Juilliard School of Music
Leopold Auer
England
London Times
Brooklyn
N. Y
Nottingham
Robert Harper
Barnard College
Mount Vernon Seminary
Washington, D.C
Peace Walk Leaders Call for Worldwide Nuclear Peace Push
SANE editor David Dellinger and Tome Barton of the Student Peace Movement help organize a Peace Walk led by Bayard Austin of the War Resisters League. Over 1000 are expected as SPU and Columbia Universitys Disarmament Committee urge a permanent test ban treaty universal disarmament and negotiated settlements in crisis areas including Viet Nam Cuba and Berlin. Gretchen Grossner chairs Columbia SPU and notes global coordination and growth of the New York Peace Movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SANE
David Dellinger
Liberation Magazine
Tome Barton
Student Peace Movement
Bayard Austin
War Resistors League
SPU
Committee For Disarmament
Columbia University
Viet Nam
Cuba
Berlin
Gretchen Grossner
Columbia University Spu
New York
United States
U.S.S.R
Controversy over academic freedom at three campuses
Reports of free speech and press disputes surface at Wheaton Notre Dame and Brandeis. Editors resignations at Notre Dame and Wheaton amid alleged official pressure. Brandeis professors Aberle resign over claimed political pressure. Further conflicts cited with campus censorship and student publications.
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Wheaton
Notre Dame
Brandeis
Brandeis University
Aberle
KODON
Danforth Lecture Series Aims Four Spring Speakers
Professor Ursula M. Niebuhr schedules four speakers for the Danforth Lecture Series linked to Religion 26. The talks run through April and May with Norman O. Brown, Philip Rieff, Dr. Robert Lifton, and Robert Pack presenting on topics from ego psychology to literary psychoanalysis.
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Ursula M. Niebuhr
Danforth
Norman O. Brown
Philip Rieff
Robert Lifton
Robert Pack
Wesleyan University
Barnard Department of English
Wharton School of Finance and Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
Barnard College inaugurates first president Miss Park
Miss Park becomes Barnard College’s first president as inauguration draws 285 delegates and 1 500 guests including college leaders, New York senators, and international figures. Tickets available. all classes canceled for ceremony. Park’s prior work includes global development and non Western civilizations programs.
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University of Rochester
NYU
Graduate School of Public Administration
India
United States
Russia
Nehru
Nkrumah
Ben Gurion
Tito
Bourguiba
Sukarno
University of Oxford
New Hall
University of Cambridge
New York
Kenneth Keating
Jacob K. Javits
Miss Park
Barnard College
Ella Weed
Seth Low
Columbia University
Emily James Smith
Barnard
Barnard-Columbia
Laura Drake Gill
Virginia C. Giledersleeve
Millicent C. McIntosh
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South
Miss
Selma
Ala
By Andy Wollam
Dennis Shaul
USNSA
Dems
Action, Core
HEP
New Yo
Leflore
Sunflower
Riverside Democrats
Brooklyn C.O.R.E
Fort Washington - Manhattanville
Columbia
Columbia-Barnard Young Democrats
C.O.R.E
Action
Thomas W. Schmidt
Committee On Civil Rights
Committee of Federation
Mrs. Bridges
Sachar
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