Selma, Alabama Civil Rights Movement Collection, circa 1965

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Summary

Creators:
Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), and Dallas County Voters League
Abstract:
The Selma, Alabama Civil Rights Movement Collection contains six flyers and one pamphlet regarding voter registration and rights for African Americans; and civil rights events that took place in Selma, Alabama prior to the Selma-to-Montgomery marches in 1965. Material in this collection was produced and distributed mostly by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Dallas County Voters League (DCVL).
Extent:
1 box (six flyers; one pamphlet)
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The Selma, Alabama Civil Rights Movement Collection (circa 1965) contains six flyers and one pamphlet regarding voter registration and rights for African Americans; and for civil rights events that took place in Selma, Alabama prior to the Selma-to-Montgomery marches in 1965. Material in this collection was produced and distributed mostly by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and Dallas County Voters League (DCVL). Two of the leaflets announce events that were to take place at the Brown Chapel, one of which Dr. [Martin Luther] King [Jr.] and Reverend Ralph Abernathy were to be in attendance. Other flyers and the pamphlet in this collection discuss boycotting the purchase of goods made or sold in Alabama until demands for voting rights were met.

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Access and use

Location of this collection:
University Library, 5th Flr (5039)
1000 E. Victoria Street
Carson, CA 90747, US
Contact:
(310) 243-3895
archives@csudh.edu
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