Category Archives: SNCC

Mississippi: A March Resurrects a Movement by Jack Newfield (1966)

Posted on January 16, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI — Overcoming disunity, out-of-fashionableness, poverty, and aching feet, the civil rights movement was reborn Sunday on the grounds of the Mississippi state capitol, before the executioners’ eyes of 700 Mississippi troopers and police, armed with M-1s, live ammunition, … Continue reading →

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Greensboro sit-ins

Posted on September 19, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The Greensboro Four: (left to right) David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell A. Blair, Jr., and Joseph McNeil. “The Greensboro sit-ins were a series of nonviolent protests in February to July 1960, primarily in the Woolworth store—now the International Civil Rights … Continue reading →

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Posted on August 6, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

In this Aug. 6, 1965, photo, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a ceremony in the President’s Room near the Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washington. “The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is … Continue reading →

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Students for a Democratic Society

Posted on October 14, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s, and was one of the principal representations of the New Left. Disdaining permanent leaders, hierarchical relationships and parliamentary procedure, the founders … Continue reading →

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Casey Hayden

Posted on October 4, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Casey Hayden at Freedom Summer orientation, July 10, 1964, Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, USM “Sandra Cason ‘Casey’ Hayden (born October 31, 1937), was an American radical student activist and civil rights worker in the 1960s. Recognized for her defense … Continue reading →

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Blowin’ in the Wind: A Folk-Music Revolt – Jack Newfield (Jan. 14, 1965)

Posted on May 21, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“On the frontier of every art form guerilla bands of prophets and crackpots are nourishing the orthodoxies and fashions of tomorrow. A decade ago the frontier outlaws were men like Miles Davis, Paul Goodman, and Norman Mailer. Bereft of followers, … Continue reading →

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Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement

Posted on April 26, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Produced by Blackside, Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, … Continue reading →

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Fair Housing Act of 1968

Posted on April 1, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In commemorating the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Fair Housing Act this year, it may be useful to look more deeply into some of the details of American housing history from this period. Fifty years on, it is … Continue reading →

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Medgar Evers

Posted on December 15, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Medgar Wiley Evers (July 2, 1925 – June 12, 1963) was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi, the state’s field secretary for the NAACP, and a World War II veteran who had served in the United States Army. He worked … Continue reading →

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We’ll Never Turn Back (1963)

Posted on May 17, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“We’ll Never Turn Back contains unique footage of share croppers and voter registration activists telling their stories of heroism and hardship encountered in their fight to gain the right to vote in Mississippi in 1963. Fannie Lou Hamer tells her story of … Continue reading →

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