About this title: Not unexpectedly, some of the Southern Movement's most vivid stories are found in Mississippi. Panelist Lawrence Guyot, former Chair of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), insists that Mississippi is the state that "made the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee." This panel features the first-personal accounts of some of the Movement's most unsung heroes and heroines: Hollis Watkins, one of the first two students to sit in and be arrested in McComb, Mississippi, a town that in the 1960s had more Klan bombings than any town in the state; Brenda Travis, also from McComb, a 17-year-old high school student who sat-in, was expelled from school, and served six months of a sentence that would have kept her incarcerated until she was 21 if she had not managed to flee; and Rev. Willie Blue, a 22-year-old Navy veteran who returned home to Tallahatchie County where Emmett Till was murdered, with "a serious bad attitude." The significance and impact of the MFDP forms an important part of the discussion.

About the series: This series provides a complete record of every panel and plenary session at the 50th conference. They are unique not only in their comprehensiveness, but also because they feature an unprecedented number of SNCC veterans publically examining their Movement experiences. Many of these veterans are not usually encountered in the Civil Rights Movement canon. In short, the history contained in these DVDs is informed by a special and valuable sensibility available nowhere else. Moreover, these discussions are reinforced with the participation of some of academia's most thoughtful scholars of the Southern Freedom Movement.

This material offers a unique, in-depth examination of what took place in the Southern freedom struggle. And while SNCC veterans may again gather for reflective conversations in the future, the unprecedented attendance of this historic gathering makes this collection an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike.

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Collection

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) -- Influence, African Americans -- Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights demonstrations -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography, Youth -- Political activity -- United States, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.), African Americans -- Civil rights, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Youth -- Political activity, Southern States, United States

SNCC 50th Anniversary Conference, SNCC Legacy Video

Johnson, Joseph Brandon (editor), Gustafson, Janet (editor), Brown, Natalie Bullock (producer), Brooks, Owen (speaker), Travis, Brenda (speaker), Watkins, Hollis (speaker), Guyot, Lawrence (speaker), Blue, Willie (speaker), Sistrom, Michael (speaker), Ascension Productions (producer), California Newsreel (Firm) (publisher), SNCC Legacy Project, Inc., Documentary Sub-Committee (executive producer)

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English

adult/continuing education, higher education, high school (grades 10-12), college

Name	California Newsreel
Role	distributor
Telephone	415-284-7800
Address	500 Third Street, Suite #505, San Francisco, CA 94107-1875
Email	[email protected]

2011-01-01

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