Voices from the Southern Civil Rights Movement

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  • Organizations


    Organizations profiled include:

    Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM)

    Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

    Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)

    Highlander Folk School

    Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO)

    Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

    National Urban League

    Poor People's Campaign

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

    Southern Conference Education Fund (SCEF)

    Southwest Georgia Project

    Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

    Voter Registration Project

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    Marion S. Trikosko, photographer. Participants in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963.

    Courtesy of U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.

    Curators

    Alan Gevinson

    AAPB Project Director, Library of Congress

    Kenneth Alexander Campbell

    Intern, Library of Congress Archives, History, and Heritage Advanced (AHHA) Internship Program – Howard University; Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University