QC2. Faculty Papers
Collecting Area
Identifier: QC2
Special Collections and Archives collects papers of faculty who demonstrate exceptional scholarly, teaching, and service activities. SCA also documents faculty involvement in civil rights and social justice movements.
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Sid Simon Photographs
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SCA-0063
Abstract
Sid Simon was the Queens College professor and faculty advisor for the student groups who wanted to volunteer in civil rights initiatives in the South. In 1965, Simon traveled twice to Mississippi to help rebuild churches that were burned down by the Ku Klux Klan. The first group traveled in February; the second during Easter recess. The photos in this collection depict students participating in the February construction projects, as well as scenes of the region in which the volunteers...
Dates:
1965
