Arsnick : the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Arkansas / edited by Jennifer Jensen Wallach and John A. Kirk.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974-

Kirk, John A., 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.).

Civil rights movements--Arkansas--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

African Americans--Civil rights--Arkansas--History--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Segregation--Arkansas--History--20th century.

Race relations.

African Americans--Segregation.

History.

African Americans--Civil rights.

Arkansas--Race relations.

Arkansas.

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)--Sources.

Civil rights movements--Arkansas--History--20th century--Sources.

African Americans--Civil rights--Arkansas--History--20th century--Sources.

African Americans--Segregation--Arkansas--History--20th century--Sources.

Arkansas--Race relations--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xiv, 287 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011.

Summary:

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) arrived in Arkansas in October 1962 at the request of the Arkansas Council on Human Relations, the state affiliate of the Southern Regional Council.

SNCC efforts began with Bill Hansen, a young white Ohioan-already an early veteran of the civil rights movement-who traveled to Little Rock to help stimulate student sit-ins against segregation. Thanks in large part to SNCC's bold initiatives, most of Little Rock's public and private facilities desegregated by 1963. In the years that followed, many more SNCC volunteers came to the state to set up projects across the Arkansas Delta and helped empower local people to take a stand against racial discrimination.

In the five short years before it disbanded, SNCC's Arkansas Project played a pivotal part in transforming the state. Yet this fascinating episode in civil rights history has barely garnered a footnote in the literature of the movement. This collection serves as a corrective by bringing together articles on SNCC's activities in Arkansas for the first time, by providing powerful firsthand testimonies, and by collecting key historical documents from SNCC's experiences in the state. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Historical Assessments

1 The Origins of SNCC in Arkansas: Little Rock, Lupper, and the Law / John A. Kirk Kirk, John A. 3

2 In the Storm: William Hansen and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Arkansas, 1962-1967 / Brent Riffel Riffel, Brent 23

3 "It Was the Wrong Time, and They Just Weren't Ready": Direct-Action Protest in Pine Bluff, 1963 / Holly Y. McGee McGee, Holly Y. 35

4 Crossing the White Line: SNCC in Three Delta Towns, 1963-1967 / Randy Finley Finley, Randy 54

5 Replicating History in a Bad Way? White Activists and Black Power in SNCC's Arkansas Project / Jennifer Jensen Wallach Wallach, Jennifer Jensen 69

Part II Firsthand Accounts

6 Arkansas Daze / Bill Hansen Hansen, Bill 87

7 Excerpts from an Interview with Jim Jones / Robert Wright Wright, Robert 101

8 Arkansas Roots and Consciousness / Michael Simmons Simmons, Michael 107

9 Maeby Civil Rights / Sanderia Smith Smith, Sanderia 115

10 Excerpts from an Interview with Bob Cableton / Robert Wright Wright, Robert 126

11 Lessons from SNCC-Arkansas 1965 / Nancy (Shaw) Stoller Stoller, Nancy (Shaw) 132

12 An E-mail Interview with Tim Janke / Jennifer Jensen Wallach Wallach, Jennifer Jensen 139

13 An Interview with Millard "Tex" Lowe / Jennifer Jensen Wallach Wallach, Jennifer Jensen 142

14 Arkansas SNCC Memories / Laura Foner Foner, Laura 148

15 An Interview with Gertrude Jackson / Jennifer Jensen Wallach Wallach, Jennifer Jensen 155

16 My Arkansas Journey / Arlene (Wilgoren) Dunn Dunn, Arlene (Wilgoren) 160

17 The Civil Rights Movement in Pine Bluff / Vivian Carroll Jones Jones, Vivian Carroll 166 l Part III Historical Documents

18 "Up Against the Obstacles" (1960) 177

19 "The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee" 179

20 "Field Report, Pine Bluff, Arkansas" (1963) 182

21 Press Releases: "Students Attacked with Ammonia in Pine Bluff" (1963) and "Pine Bluff Movies, Schools, Park Open to All" (1963) 186

22 Letter to Ruthie Hansen from Bill Hansen (1964) 189

23 "Field Report, Phillips, Monroe, Arkansas and Lee Counties" 191

24 "Annual Report" (1964) 194

25 "Hansen Resigns SNCC Post; Says Negroes Should Lead But He'll Stay as Adviser" (1964) 202

26 An Open Letter from Representatives of the Forrest City (Arkansas) Movement (1965) 205

27 Ozell Sutton v. Capitol Club, Inc. (1965) 210

28 Letter to Arkansas Summer Project Applicant (1965) 213

29 Letter to Collin Minert from James O. Jones (1965) 216

30 "What to Bring with You" and "Orientation Schedule" (1965) 216

31 "82% Negro; 100% White" (1965) 220

32 Letter to "Dear Friend" from Jim Jones (1965) 224

33 "What We Shall Overcome Means to Me" (1965) 226

34 Journal Entry by Mitchell Zimmerman (1965) 228

35 Letter from Rev. Benjamin S. Grinage to John A. Hannah (1966) 232

36 Press Statement: Rev. Ben Grinage (1966) 237

37 "Black Power-Another Definition" (1966) 240

38 "Arkansas Staff Meeting" (1966) 243

39 "Ex-workers for SNCC Tell Why Group Faded in State" (1967) 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781557289681

1557289689

9781557289667

1557289662

OCLC:

701015962