Harry Belafonte and SNCC circular regarding Sammy Younge
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2112
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Scope and Contents 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.
Dates
- Creation: 1966
Creator
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) (Organization)
- Belafonte, Harry (Person)
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 circular)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Circular signed by Harry Belafonte on behalf of SNCC, describing the recent murder of Sammy Younge, Jr., in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Provenance
Purchase from Bolerium Books, 2007
Processed by
Rosanne Rumstay, 2008
- Title
- Guide to the Harry Belafonte and SNCC circular regarding Sammy Younge
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Jamie Burke
- Date
- March 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository