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Selma, Alabama Civil Rights Movement Collection
SPC.2019.036  
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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
    Title: Selma, Alabama Civil Rights Movement Collection
    source: Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    source: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
    source: Dallas County Voters League
    Identifier/Call Number: SPC.2019.036
    Physical Description: 1 box (six flyers; one pamphlet)
    Date: circa 1965
    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).

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    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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Voter registration--United States
    Civil rights
    Selma (Ala.)
    Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
    Dallas County Voters League