Crawford Company Civil Rights Letter
Scope and Contents
This collection is a single letter written to Crawford and Company Inc. on December 7, 1964. The author of the letter is not given but the purpose of the letter is to ask for contributions for SNCC’s Mississippi Project and its purpose was to encourage African American voter registration.
Dates
- December 7, 1964
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Noncirculating; available for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Biographical / Historical
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was established in 1960 after a series of sit-ins occurred dedicated to fighting segregation in public spaces. After witnessing the activism of college youth Ella Baker of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) advocated to bring them together at Shaw University. Students from all across the country attended the Shaw Conference and thanks to Ella Baker it was at this conference that SNCC was founded. SNCC was dedicated to organizing protest to desegregate public places and later incorporated advocating for voter registration within the African American community. In addition to Ella Baker, other prominent Civil Rights leaders like Diane Nash, John Lewis, Bob Moses and Amzie Moore helped with the foundation of SNCC. The letter in this collection demonstrates one of the ways SNCC reached out to the public to register African American Voters. This letter would be of interest to anyone interested in the Civil Rights Movement from the bottom-up perspective.
Extent
1 Folder (One letter)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Letter dated December 7, 1964 to Crawford & Co., Inc. in Madison, Wisconsin from The Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), soliciting contributions for SNCC's Mississippi Project.
Arrangement
The contents of the collection were kept in the order in which it was received.
Provenance
Donated by James A. Riley on November 21, 1996.
Sources
• Case File
• Contents from the collection
- Civil rights -- United States. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Civil rights. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letter. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Crawford Company Civil Rights Letter
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Collection processed and finding aid written by Amanda Abulawi
- Date
- March 25, 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Manuscripts and Photographs Repository
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