The Civil Rights Revolution and the Non-Violent Struggle
A stark meditation on the summer upheavals as the start of a broad social and political revolution. The piece argues race, segregation, and discrimination redefine the national foundations and frames non violence as a strategy to end, not escalate, the conflict. It links Mississippi, Alabama, and Prince Edward County to national change and calls for inclusive liberation.
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Mississippi
Alabama
Prince Edward County
Bronx
White Castle
Levittown
Englewood
Open City commission advances bias free policies
In the past three months the civil rights movement has moved forward with policy work. The commission pushes bias free standards and engages community leaders to implement inclusive practices across city services.
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Commission
NSM Plans Project Aimed at Civil Rights Change
The Northern Student Movement argues for social change through youth led projects in cities. Harlem Educational Project tutors Harlem youths and runs a freedom school and housing program, while tenants form a council and strike for repairs. The City Commission on Human Rights notes a shift from retail to open city integration efforts.
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Mr. Schechter
Northern Student Movement
Yale University
NSM
Boston
Hartford
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
South
New York City
Harlem Educational Project
HEP
Harlem
Poject
147Th Street
Bradhurst Avenue
8Th Avenue
Freedom School
James Murphy
City Commission On Human Rights
CCHR
Murphy
Madison Jones
Mr. Murphy
CBS Plans Continued Coverage of Civil Rights Struggle
CBS will maintain coverage of the civil rights issue, calling it the biggest domestic news story in ten years. Bob Chandler, CBS director of information, says the network will report on each event or situation as news, with no editorializing, despite claims of a liberal bias from Southern viewers.
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CBS Television
Bob Chandler
CBS
Louisiana
Chandler
Baez and Dylan Shine in Civil Rights Concert Review
On a crowded night at West Side Tennis Club in 1963 Joan Baez headlines a civil rights era concert. Bob Dylan joins her, delivering songs like Only a Pawn in Their Game and A Hard Rain Gonna Fall, provoking mixed audience reactions as enthusiasm gives way to restiveness and deeper political reflection.
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Joan Baez
West Side
Miss Baez
Bob Dylan
Pete Seeger
Dylan
Medgar Evers
God
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Barnard Bulletin
Barnard College
Barnard
N.Y
Ann Fleisher
Myrna Bogatz
Marjorie Schulte
Loraine Botkin
Mada Levine
Naomi Weintraub
Shoshanna Sofaer
Arlene Katz
Zane Berzins
Ann Selgin
Nancy Klein
Janet Roach
Emily Rabb
Sara Piovia
Gloria Leitner
Gayle Krubit
Sharon Zukin
Karen Kraskow
Dianne Meyer
K. Lowenthal
Philippa Newfield
Sandy Brown
Judy Collier
Kathy Feola
Faith Holsaert
Harvey M. Burg
Hal Lenke
James Baldwin
By Sara Piovia
Baez Et. al
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