Inventory of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Los Angeles Papers of Ron Wilkins SPC.2023.006
Jennifer Hill
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
February 8, 2023; October 17, 2023
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
Business Number: 310-243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
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
.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no access restrictions on this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives
and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was a library acquisition in January 2023.
Processing Information
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/
Scope and Contents
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 Biography
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-
box 1, folder 22
East Bay Friends of SNCC
May, September, October 1965; March, April, July, August, December 1966; circa 1966; circa 1960s
Scope and Contents
mailer regarding bringing aid to Mississippi from Judy Hartmann, Chairman of East Bay Friends of SNCC; "Immediate Action Voting
Rights Bill-Amendment Needed Requiring New Elections Write or Wire Your Congressman and Senators" [flyer]; "SNCC Flicks" [flyer];
"East Bay Friends of SNCC" newsletters; "SNCC Picnic" [flyer]; "The Movement" Vol. 1, No. 5, 12; Vol. 2, No. 3,11; "Hear Charles
McDew, National Chairman, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee" flyer; "Black Paper" flyer for "The Movement"
box 1, folder 22
Bay Area Friends of SNCC/National Office
circa 1960s
Scope and Contents
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee pamphlet; mailer from Stokely Carmichael
box 1, folder 1
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organizational documents
May 7, 1968; June 1968; January 1, 1969, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes "SNCC Structure and Basic Programs," "Guidelines and Amendments," "Notes: Central Committee of SNCC," "By Central
Committee SNCC Mandates," "Some Facts about SNCC," "SNCC Restructures," contact sheets, budget and payroll information for
the Los Angeles Branch, and other organizational documentation.
box 1, folder 2
"Staff meeting rules and decisions," and agendas
January-December 1967; June 16, 1969; December 1, 1973
Scope and Contents
Includes agendas for the SNCC Staff Meeting on June 16, 1969, and the "Proposed Agenda for December 1 and 2, 1973," and Planning
Conference for the African National Liberation Front and African People's Convention.
box 1, folder 3
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee projects and programs
August 16, 1969; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes information on community projects in Los Angeles, Agrarian Reform Program, and Tri State Program.
box 1, folder 4
Statements and press releases from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
June 24, 1968; March 6, 1969; April 1969; March 1970; undated
Scope and Contents
Statements and press release topics include Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, FBI Intimidation, Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and other topics. Also included is "Black Power SNCC speaks for itself: A Collection of
Statements and Interviews" published by the New England Free Press.
box 1, folder 5
Newsletters, memos, reports, and essays from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
July 1968; August 22, 1968; April 15, 1969; July 30, 1969; May 25, 1970; September 6, 1972; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes "The Middle East Crisis," "An Analysis of the Cambridge, Maryland Disturbance: Excerpts from an Unpublished Report,"
memo about Irving Davis, "Crisis: The Necessity for Organizing a Mass Meeting in Two and Three Days" from James Forman, memo
about the Black Panthers, memos from Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, Watts Summer Festival memo, "Black
and Brown Survival Manual," and other related documents.
box 1, folder 6
Correspondence from members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
July 16, 1969; December 30, 1969; April 8, 1974
Scope and Contents
Includes correspndence from Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, to Mr. James Forman; Phil Hutchings to
SNCC; and Jim to Faye.
box 1, folder 7
"National SNCC: National SNCC News Service"
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes vol. 1.
box 1, folder 8
"History of H. Rap Brown" and "The H. Rap Brown Anti-Dope Movement"
undated
box 1, folder 9
Program and documents related to the imprisonment of Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown
September 6, 1972; undated
Scope and Contents
Includes "In Defense of Rap Brown" b William Kunstler, "The Imprisonment of H. Rap Brown," "Ritual Chant for Brother Brown"
program, and other documents related to his imprisonment.
box 1, folder 10
Jamil Abdullah al-Amin interviews, speeches, and letters
February 18, 1968; June 15, 1968; February 18, 1972
box 1, folder 11
Newspaper clippings and articles related to Jamil Abdullah al-Amin
August 1967; October 25, 1971; February 9, 1972; June 21, 1972; circa September 2001; 2005; undated
Scope and Contents
One article is written by Ron Wilkins.
box 1, folder 12
Event flyers, tickets, and publications related to the Jamil Al-Amin/H. Rap Brown Justice Committee, WLCAC, and the Masjid
Al Islam As Sabiqun and Bay Area Veterans of SNCC
Fall 2000; December 13, 2000; January 2001; May 12, 2001; undated
box 1, folder 13
Forman, James memorial programs and remembrances
January 2005, February 2005
box 1, folder 14
Petty, Sam remembrance
circa June 1999
box 1, folder 15
Ture, Kwame (Stokely Carmichael) memorial tribute program
November 1998
box 1, folder 16
Printed photographs of members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes ten photographs.
box 1, folder 17
Other newspaper clippings and articles
October 9, 1975; undated
box 1, folder 18
FBI Counterintelligence program Rec 122 (copy)
(May 29, 1968)
undated
box 1, folder 19
Pamphlets
circa 1981, circa January 1987, undated
box 1, folder 19
"20 Enemy Force" by Forman, James
undated
box 1, folder 19
"1967 High Tide of Black Resistance" by Forman, James
undated
box 1, folder 19
"Control, Conflict, and Change: The Underlying Concepts of the Black Manifesto" by Forman, James
undated
box 1, folder 19
"Irving Bernard Davis" speech by Davis, Irving Bernard
circa 1981
box 1, folder 19
"Kwame Ture for the African Revolution: Voices of the African Revolution" edited by Lewis, Lester
January 1987
Scope and Contents
Includes no. 1.
box 1, folder 20
"National Black Economic Development Conference" newspaper
undated
box 1, folder 21
"National SNCC Monthly"
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes Vol. 1, no. 1-2 (May/June, June/July).
