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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kirk, John A., 1970-

Wallach, Jennifer Jensen, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.).

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

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

African Americans.

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

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

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

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

Civil rights movements.

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

Arkansas--Race relations--Sources.

Arkansas.

Arkansas--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I: Historical Assessments

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

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

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

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

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

Part II: Firsthand Accounts

6. Arkansas Daze / Bill Hansen

7. Excerpts from an Interview with Jim Jones / Robert Wright, Civil Rights Documentation Project

8. Arkansas Roots and Consciousness / Michael Simmons

9. Maeby Civil Rights / Sanderia Smith

10. Excerpts from an Interview with Bob Cableton / Robert Wright, Civil Rights Documentation Project

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

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

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

14. Arkansas SNCC Memories / Laura Foner

15. An Interview with Gertrude Jackson / Jennifer Jensen Wallach

16. My Arkansas Journey / Arlene (Wilgoren) Dunn

17. The Civil Rights Movement in Pine Bluff / Vivian Carroll Jones

Part III: Historical Documents

18. "Up Against the Obstacles" (1960)

19. "The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee"

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

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

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

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

24. "Annual Report" (1964)

25. "Hansen Resigns SNCC Post

Says Negroes Should Lead But He'll Stay as Adviser" (1964)

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

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

28. Letter to Arkansas Summer Project Applicant (1965)

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

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

31. "82% Negro

100% White" (1965)

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

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

34. Journal Entry by Mitchell Zimmerman (1965)

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

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

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

38. "Arkansas Staff Meeting" (1966)

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

Notes

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61075-482-4

OCLC:

787842830