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Box 1

 Container

Contains 15 Results:

Committee for the March on Montgomery

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RG 10-10.29
Abstract On Thursday, March 25, 1965, fifty-eight Berea College student, faculty and staff joined 25,000 other demonstrators in the last phase of the March on Montgomery from Selma, Alabama. The trip made by students and other members of the college was neither officially recognized by the College or endorsed by the Student Association Senate. Berea's participation in the march was organized by a committee of students which organized in response to a controversial letter from the Associate Dean of...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1965

Copy of Letter of Kenneth H. Thompson (Assoc. Dean); "Information Concerning Sunday Meeting of March and Prayer", 1965-03-12

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Contains information sheet from "Committee for the Sunday Meeting of March and Prayer" (Co-Chairmen Danny Daniel and Roy Birchard) regarding march to President Hutchins home; Dean Thompson letter stating that the Montgomery March trip is not a college approved trip.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-03-12

Notice and Information Sheet: "Heads Up All Students", 1965-03

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Invitation and sign up for participating in the March to Montgomery.

Dates: 1965-03

"Information Sheet for Trip to Montgomery, Alabama -- March 24, 1965", 1965-03

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Information sheet detailing schedule, itinerary, rules, and suggestions for the attending march from Selma to Montgomery

Dates: 1965-03

Information Sheets and Lists for Bus Riders and Car Riders

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Includes:"Riders in Cars"; "Bus Riders"; Authorization for Use of Car form; and route information sheet

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1965

Canceled Check to Greyhound Bus Lines for Bus Rental, 1965-03-23

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Cancelled check that paid for the bus used for the trip to Selma to Montgomery Rights March

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-03-23

Note from "Send Off Committee for Pilgrimage to Montgomery"

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Notice advertising the send-off service at Union Church the morning of the trip to Montgomery.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1965

"Final Instructions, rules and schedules for the Montgomery trip"

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Final Instructions, Rules, and Schedule for the Selma to Montgomery March trip

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-1989; Other: Majority of material found in 1965

Vesper Service Address of Danny Frederick Daniel, 1965-03-28

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Vesper Service Address of Danny Frederick Daniel; service held in Draper Chapel, Berea College

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-03-28

Barry Bingham Letter to Julia F. Allen, 1965-03-29

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Letter written by Barry Bingham, journalist, college donor, and member of the Board of Trustees; expresses his pleasure in hearing that a group of Berea College students have protested in Montgomery. His work with the Pulitzer Prize advisory committee will prevent his attendance at the upcoming board meeting, where he might have talked further with Julia Allen.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1965-03-29