SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference. Volume 12, Southwest Georgia: "Do you want to be free" /
Conference proceedings of veteran and youth activists gathered at Shaw University in North Carolina to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization which formed the vanguard of the Civil Rights Movement.
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | This edition in English. |
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San Francisco, CA :
California Newsreel,
2011.
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| Series: | SNCC legacy video ;
12. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Conference proceedings of veteran and youth activists gathered at Shaw University in North Carolina to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), an organization which formed the vanguard of the Civil Rights Movement. Volume 12: This panel discusses the Southwest Georgia Project, one of SNCC's earliest and most significant campaigns. Project Director, Charles Sherrod gives a vivid description of dealing with fear in rural terrain that was as vicious and violent as any place in Mississippi. This session concludes an appearance by Shirley Sherrod who recounts her recent victorious effort to win compensation for black farmers long discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (75 min.)) : sound, color. |
| Playing Time: | 01:15:14 |
| Audience: | For College; Adult audiences. |
| Production Credits: | Executive producer: SNCC Legacy Project, Inc. ; series editor, Joseph Brandon Johnson ; volume editor, Janet Gustafson. |