Inventory of the Selma, Alabama Civil Rights Movement Collection SPC.2019.036
California State University Dominguez Hills, Gerth Archives and Special Collections
2019-10-17
University Library South -5039 (Fifth Floor)
1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747
archives@csudh.edu
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).
Scope and Contents
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
box 1
Flyer "Dr. King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy are Here! Come Greet Them at the Mass Meeting, Tonight Brown Chapel 7:30pm" [copy]
probably before March 1965
box 1
Flyer: "Urgent! Ward Meeting-Tomorrow Thursday April 1, 7:00pm." Includes information regarding locations for all the wards.
[copy]
circa 1965
box 1
Flyer: "Freedom Day. Monday April 5, 8:00am. Everyone come to Browns Chapel- We Will go to the Courthouse to Register to Vote"
[copy]
circa 1965
box 1
Flyer: "Don't Buy Discrimination, Withhold Your Money Until Negro People are Allowed to Register!"
circa 1965
box 1
Flyer distributed by Southern Christian Leadership Conference regarding voter registration. Illustrated by Henry Brownlee
circa January 29, 1965
box 1
Flyer: "As Long as We Can't Register to Vote We Shouldn't Buy" regarding refusal of purchasing of goods made or sold in Alabama
undated
box 1
Pamphlet entitled "To Secure Civil Rights in Alabama...."
undated
