King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1929 - 1968
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dean Savage Papers
Collection
Identifier: SCA-0033
Abstract
The Dean Savage Papers documents civil rights initiatives by northern student volunteers under the auspices of the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) Project during the summer of 1965. This collection primarily consists of color photographs taken in Orangeburg County, South Carolina and Atlanta, Georgia. Also included are newspaper articles, pamphlets, and photocopied transcripts of speeches given at orientation in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dates:
1965-2011; Majority of material found in 1965 - 1965
Moshe Shur Papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: SCA-0050
Abstract
Rabbi Moshe Shur is an adjunct Professor of Jewish History at Queens College of the City University of New York. During the summers of 1965 and 1966, as a student at Columbia University, Rabbi Shur traveled to Orangeburg, South Carolina to register black voters as a part of the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) program. The Moshe Shur Papers contain newspaper clippings from the events surrounding the two summers Shur spend in the South, newspapers from the days...
Dates:
1965-2008; Majority of material found in 1968 - 1968
