KEY COMPONENTS OF SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

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"For me, the most important lesson
[of the Freedom Movement] is that by respecting the fact that fellow activists could passionately disagree over strategy and tactics—yet remain allies—they strengthened SNCC and the Movement as a whole."
From Bruce Hartford's article in Urban Habitat.
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MY WEBSITE: educationanddemocracy.org

Friday, June 3, 2011

New Postings on crmvet.org website!!!

"History & Timeline" (http://www.crmvet.org/tim/timhome.htm)

       "MFDP Congressional Challenge"
       http://www.crmvet.org/tim/tim64c.htm#1964congress

       Revised & expanded "FBI's COINTELPRO Targets the Movement"
       http://www.crmvet.org/tim/tim63b.htm#1963fbi


"The Movement" (http://www.crmvet.org/info/infohome.htm)

       "Freedom Rides" New South, July-Aug, 1961
       http://www.crmvet.org/riders/frnshome.htm

        "Travel Notes From a Deep South Tourist," Frank Holloway, 1961
               http://www.crmvet.org/riders/ns6107_holloway.pdf [PDF]

         "The Freedom Ride," Leslie W. Dunbar, 1961
               http://www.crmvet.org/riders/ns6107_dunbar.pdf [PDF]

         "World Press Views Freedom Rides and U.S." 1961
               http://www.crmvet.org/riders/ns6107_world.pdf {PDF]

       "The Free Southern Theater: An Evaluation," Tom Dent, 1966
       http://www.crmvet.org/info/fst66.htm {PDF]

       "Albany, Georgia," Vincent Harding/Staughton Lynd. , 1963
       http://www.crmvet.org/info/albany63.pdf [PDF]

       "The Meaning of Birmingham," Bayard Rustin. , 1963
       http://www.crmvet.org/info/bhammean.htm

       "Meaning of the March on Washington," Bayard Rustin. , 1963
       http://www.crmvet.org/info/mowrust.htm

       "Memphis is Also America," Pat Watters. Nation, 1968
       http://www.crmvet.org/info/memphis1.htm

       "Guilty Bystanders," (Birmingham Church Bombing) James Farmer. , 1963
       http://www.crmvet.org/info/farmer1.htm

"Movement Documents" (http://www.crmvet.org/docs/dochome.htm)

       The New Virginia, newsletter of Virginia Students Civil Rights Committee
       http://www.crmvet.org/docs/va_newsletter_65.pdf [PDF]

       MS Freedom Primer #2 The Freedom Vote & the Right to Vote
       http://www.crmvet.org/docs/ms_primer2_64.pdf [PDF]

       MS Freedom Primer #3 The Right to Vote; the Congressional Challenge
       http://www.crmvet.org/docs/ms_primer2_64.pdf [PDF]

       Grenada County Political Handbook (Freedom Information Service)
       http://www.crmvet.org/docs/fis_grenada.pdf [PDF]

As always comments, suggestions, corrections, and submissions from Freedom Movement Veterans are welcome. Veterans of the Southern Freedom Movement are encouraged to contribute to the website their stories, thoughts, documents, and memories and tributes of those who have passed on by emailing them to webmaster@crmvet.org.

Bruce Hartford
Webspinner: Civil Rights Movement Veterans website http://www.crmvet.org
Email: bruceh@crmvet.org
Sojourner's Blog: http://ohfreedom.wordpress.com