Box 1: Barlow Papers

Periodical published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Each of the pages are blue and the words are typed in small print. The article has a picture of Mississippi and is about the updates of a summer project for the rights of African Americans

Harry Belafonte and SNCC circular regarding Sammy Younge, MSS.2112

Abstract: Circular signed by Harry Belafonte on behalf of SNCC, describing the recent murder of Sammy Younge, Jr., in Tuskegee, Alabama.Scope and Content Note: A circular letter written and distributed by Harry Belafonte and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. It describes the January 3, 1966, murder of Sammy Younge, Jr., an African American student and member of SNCC, who was killed by a gas station attendant in Tuskegee, Alabama, for protesting the segregated restrooms at the gas station. The circular asks for donations to continue its work for Civil Rights.Biographical/Historical Note

Selma marches broadsides, MSS.2113

Abstract: Broadsides published by the Harlem Unemployment Center, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Catholic Interracial Council of New York, and Congress of Racial Equality in support of the Civil Rights marches in Selma, Alabama.Scope and Content Note: Broadsides were published in support of the Civil Rights marches in Selma, Alabama. One is for a march and rally in New York City in support of a Selma march, and the other broadside is a call for President Lyndon Johnson to use federal troops to protect the marchers in Selma.Biographical/Historical Note