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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Los Angeles Papers of Ron Wilkins
SPC.2023.006
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Contributing Institution:
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
Title: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Los Angeles Papers of Ron Wilkins
source:
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2023.006
Physical Description:
1 box
Physical Description:
1.08 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): May1965-2005; undated
Date (bulk): 1967-1972
Abstract: This collection includes publications, organizational documents, correspondence, pamphlets, interviews, and other material
related to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Los Angeles branch of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,
and Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formally known as H. Rap Brown. Also included is one folder that contains mailers, flyers, and
a pamphlet regarding the East Bay Friends of SNCC; Bay Area Friends of SNCC; and National Office (SNCC).
Language of Material:
English
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a library acquisition in January 2023.
This collection was processed by Jennifer Hill in February 2023.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee History
"After its founding in 1960, SNCC [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee] grew from a coordinating committee made up of
campus affiliates to an organization of organizers with "field secretaries" working full-time for change in communities across
the Deep South. SNCC's work spanned everything from voter registration, adult education, and freedom schools to theater productions,
cooperatives, and independent political parties."
The SNCC Legacy Project, Duke University Libraries, and Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. (2017, January
26). Inside SNCC. https://snccdigital.org/inside-sncc/
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Los Angeles Papers of Ron Wilkins contains 1.08 linear feet of Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee (SNCC) publications, organizational documents from the central location and Los Angeles branch, pamphlets
primarily written by James Forman, interviews from members of the organization including, Jamin Abdullah al-Amin, formally
known as H. Rap Brown, correspondence, statements, and press releases. The other material in the collection is related to
Jamin Abdullah al-Amin. The material related to him includes programs, newspaper clippings, speeches, letters, interviews,
and other material primarily assoociated with his imprisonment. Also included is one folder that contains mailers, flyers,
newsletters, publications, and a pamphlet regarding the East Bay Friends of SNCC; Bay Area Friends of SNCC; and National Office
(SNCC).
Ron Wilkins became a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1967 and served as the director of the Los
Angeles branch. He is also an activist in Los Angeles and a member of the "Slausons social club/gang and field commander of
the Community Alert Patrol (CAP)." Wilkins retired as a professor from California State University, Dominguez Hills, and West
Los Angeles College. He is also a photographer and journalist.
Black Power Archives Oral History Project. California State University, Northridge. (2023, January 12). https://www.csun.edu/bradley-center/black-power-archives-oral-history-project
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Civil Rights Movement
African Americans -- Civil rights
Student movements
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943-