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Achebe Betty Powell, civil rights and gay rights activist

Posted by Margaret

Achebe Betty Powell recounts her introduction to activism through the National Council of Christians and Jews, amid the climate of racism and anti-Semitism in the mid-century South.   From the Voices of Feminism Oral History Project.

 

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Posted in Being an Activist

Tagged Civil rights, racial justice, Voices-of-Feminism

Mar·16

Sally Katzen Dyk, Class of 1964

Posted by Margaret

Sally Katzen Dyk, class of 1964 talks about her experiences as a Smith College Student with the Southern Student exchange during the Civil Rights era. From the Smith College Alumne Oral History Project.


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Posted in Being an Activist, Campus Activism

Tagged 1960s, Civil rights, Smith College

Mar·13

Frances Beal, civil rights activist

Posted by Margaret

Frances Beal discusses her early experiences in the civil rights movement and founding the Women’s Committee of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) in the early 1960s.   From the Voices of Feminism Oral History Project.


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Tagged 1960s, Civil rights, Voices-of-Feminism

Mar·13

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