Arsnick : the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Arkansas / / edited by Jennifer Jensen Wallach and John A. Kirk

• Pubblicazione: Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.1196/0730761
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Civil rights - Arkansas - History - 20th century; African Americans - Segregation - Arkansas - History - 20th century; Civil rights movements - Arkansas - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Arkansas Race relations Sources; Arkansas Race relations
• Altri autori: KirkJohn A. <1970-> WallachJennifer Jensen <1974->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Part I: Historical Assessments -- 1. The Origins of SNCC in Arkansas: Little Rock, Lupper, and the Law / John A. Kirk -- 2. In the Storm: William Hansen and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Arkansas, 1962-1967 / Brent Riffel -- 3. "It Was the Wrong Time, and They Just Weren't Ready": Direct-Action Protest in Pine Bluff, 1963 / Holly Y. McGee -- 4. Crossing the White Line: SNCC in Three Delta Towns, 1963-1967 / Randy Finley -- 5. Replicating History in a Bad Way? White Activists and Black Power in SNCC's Arkansas Project / Jennifer Jensen Wallach -- Part II: Firsthand Accounts -- 6. Arkansas Daze / Bill Hansen -- 7. Excerpts from an Interview with Jim Jones / Robert Wright, Civil Rights Documentation Project -- 8. Arkansas Roots and Consciousness / Michael Simmons -- 9. Maeby Civil Rights / Sanderia Smith -- 10. Excerpts from an Interview with Bob Cableton / Robert Wright, Civil Rights Documentation Project -- 11. Lessons from SNCC-Arkansas 1965 / Nancy (Shaw) Stoller -- 12. An E-mail Interview with Tim Janke / Jennifer Jensen Wallach -- 13. An Interview with Millard "Tex" Lowe / Jennifer Jensen Wallach -- 14. Arkansas SNCC Memories / Laura Foner -- 15. An Interview with Gertrude Jackson / Jennifer Jensen Wallach -- 16. My Arkansas Journey / Arlene (Wilgoren) Dunn -- 17. The Civil Rights Movement in Pine Bluff / Vivian Carroll Jones -- Part III: Historical Documents -- 18. "Up Against the Obstacles" (1960) -- 19. "The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee" -- 20. "Field Report, Pine Bluff, Arkansas" (1963) -- 21. Press Releases: "Students Attacked with Ammonia in Pine Bluff" (1963) and "Pine Bluff Movies, Schools, Park Open to All" (1963) -- 22. Letter to Ruthie Hansen from Bill Hansen (1964) -- 23. "Field Report, Phillips, Monroe, Arkansas and Lee Counties". ; 24. "Annual Report" (1964) -- 25. "Hansen Resigns SNCC Post -- Says Negroes Should Lead But He'll Stay as Adviser" (1964) -- 26. An Open Letter from Representatives of the Forrest City (Arkansas) Movement (1965) -- 27. Ozell Sutton v. Capitol Club, Inc. (1965) -- 28. Letter to Arkansas Summer Project Applicant (1965) -- 29. Letter to Collin Minert from James O. Jones (1965) -- 30. "What to Bring with You" and "Orientation Schedule" (1965) -- 31. "82% Negro -- 100% White" (1965) -- 32. Letter to "Dear Friend" from Jim Jones (1965) -- 33. "What We Shall Overcome Means to Me" (1965) -- 34. Journal Entry by Mitchell Zimmerman (1965) -- 35. Letter from Rev. Benjamin S. Grinage to John A. Hannah (1966) -- 36. Press Statement: Rev. Ben Grinage (1966) -- 37. "Black Power-Another Definition" (1966) -- 38. "Arkansas Staff Meeting" (1966) -- 39. "Ex-workers for SNCC Tell Why Group Faded in State" (1967) -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) arrived in Arkansas in October 1962 at the request of the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, the state affiliate of the Southern Regional Council.
• Titolo autorizzato: Arsnick
• ISBN: 1-61075-482-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957542303321
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