Box SC1950-1999.002
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Harry Belafonte and SNCC circular regarding Sammy Younge
File — Box: SC1950-1999.002, Folder: 2112.1
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
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:
1966