EXEC1JTIVE COTI'IMITTEE Studefit Nonviblent Coordinati~g Committee
Chairman John Lewis Executive Secretary James forman Members at La rge Court land Cox Bernard LaF~yette Mar ian Wright Staff Members at Large Julian Bond Prathia Hall John 0'Nea 1 Project Directors Bill Hansen Don Harris Bob Mose s Others Members of the Committee Marion Barry Butch Conn -.,.,.- Ben Grinage Eddie McKay Les t e r McKinnie William Porter Gloria Richardson Gw en Robinson Advisors Miss Ella Bake r Dr. Howard Zinn
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 8% Raymond Street, N.W. Atlanta 14, Georgia 30314 t e lephone: 404-688-0331 Minutes of Exec.Comm. Meeting Sept. 6-9 Atlanta
Julian Bond, field reports: Little progress in Gadsden des ?ite den onstrations. Wi thdrawt Fayette County - Walter Tillow there, leaving - demonstrations repulsed Americus . CB King suggests rnarcb to Andersonville Sherrod " prayer pilgrimage to Americus to protest Al bany-Americus situation. Hel Wolf of ACLU offered their services in indictr.1ents. Cambridge. Agreement there not i mplemented.
Eleaaor Holmes rec. by Courtney Cox to repl ace him as rep. on Barch Committee.
Finances: Janl-July 31 Receipts 142,208 Expend. 116,518 Balance 26,333
Danville: SNCC there s i nce June, 500 jailed, 63 hospitalized,little gained,but since June 800 have r egistered. Suggest boycott Dan River Mills
Fal'lnville, Va. SNCC left here due to conflict with NA.\ CP
Ruby Doris Smith on staff r el :c, tions: t oo many white v1orke Ts Albany.
Scholarships: $15,000 available from United Civ.Rts.Org. for SNCC people returning to school. Tougaloo ,r orehom;e , W.Va. have scholarship money ready.
Mississip :> i: univ.suf ~ ' ra ge-oneman, one vote, Justice Dept. is arguing in one statewide suit, liter acy test u . necessary since state hasn't given Negroes educ ation. "Econ. problems there are bad but the whole cou:ttr:r suffers from essentially the same problems. t~ iss. is as bad as it is racially only because of the Negro-white rat i o. The sitUation could be this bad anywhere this ratio prevailed.
Jamie Whitten up for re-election toEouse in '64, Eastland '66. Vlhi t ten ch 'n of su bcomrni ttee which funds Dept . of.:tgri c.
Moses pro [) oses move to!•.Ussissippi. Decision, agree on long-range focus on Miss . Moses will head comm. to clrify what this means. Immediate crisis, ~tme ricue-Albany. She rood heads c~~ . for proposals on Amer -Albany.
March on Wash: decisions: Eleanor Holme s will rep. SNCC on Harch ; we will continue support of it, try to get s up-; ort of ~.larch Comm. for local action. Suppcrt Peopies Congress of March Comrn . "Our partici pation (in l::arch Com.rn.) won't mean we don't initiate our own action. Rep. should send memo to Exec .Comm . after each meeting.
Extend Tou galoo-Miles program. Scholarships come from We lfare,Education & Legal Defense Fund, a tax exempt wing of United Council of Civ. Rts. Orgs. (Taconic,etc.) Can use Jac'.< Pratt of Na tl Council of Churches fo :- bond s. Simon & Shuster photographic book, profits split with Core Stearn Family Fund has money for articles-research, reached thru Ho rper' s. $50JO grant fror.1 SCEF cx~Ultxx SNCC minutes - 2
Consensus on move tot1iss: Launch one man-one vote crunpaign r:ove enough personnel there to in:)lement this, and see how wor;m out. Coord-comm. meeting as soon as possible in Miss. Moses-Lewis-Forman-Baker wi 11 implement, report to coord. COITJI1. meeting.
Frien:1s of SNCC :" should cone. on helping South - direct action in su)port of South.
Staff: Atlan-:a: James Forman Al bany: ·,vorth Long Charles Sherrod Julian Bond Joyce Barrett Sandra Hayden Don Harris Norma Collins John Purdue James Bolton Ralph .Allen Betty Miles ? eter de Lissovoy Chessie Johnson Phil Davis Wm . Porter Joni Richards Nancy Stearns Robert t1ants Danny I"y on David. Bell Bob"• i Yancy Volunteers: Hike Sayer James Daniels Ruby DDDis Smith Randy Battles James Rudmlph Charl es Br own Vera Cr idden Miss : (Greewxood,Jacksan,Greenville, Clarlcs c:lale ,Hat-t:J.e.sburg ,Holly Springs, Pine Bluff Columbus) Wm. Hansen Bob Moses Lulu Johnson Ruthie Buffington Sam Block Lee David James Jones McArthu r. Cotton Emma Bell Ben G:-innage Lawrence Guyot :Mary Lane n oah ~'las h incton 11 iltc: n Ha ncock Oscar Chase Bruce Jordan Willie Peacock DougSchrearer John Bra dford Donald lvhi te Helen 0 'Neal Ruby Wri ght Jesse Harris Tenn: Fichard Frey Bobby Talbert Sheila Kessler James Peacock James Jones Martha Pre scod Charlie Cobb Danville l'fillie McGee Charles McLaurin Avon Rollins Mathew Hughes Carih Arnold Ma tthew Jones Ylillie Blue Dickie Flowers Torn Holt John O'Neil Sam Giles Gerry Bray Iva nh ee Donalson Frank Smith Claude Weaver SNCC - 3
Selma: Rev. Seborn PowelW" Wilson Brown .:3 .. Rev.Thomas Brown Gadsden: Avery Williams 0)£;. Eric Rainey 1 Pat McEdderry Claudia Rawles NY Julia Prettyman Jim Monsonis- {!) Wash. Bill Mahoney 0
No part.place: Bruce Gordon Sam Shirah Mary Kine Jane Stembridge Freedom Singers: Cordell Reagan Chuck Nebli tt Bernice Reagon Rutha Harri.s Bertha Gober New staff: Mary Verela, Selma {literacy pr ject with priest ) Wendy b~nn, for SW Ga. Bobbi Yancye- Southern Campus Coord. /~-:-~, 'l'homas Brown, Selma Mendy Sams te in, Atl . Debbie Arnis, Atl. (!_/ Carol Merritt, Miss.
Priorities for winter: Miss. Project Staff recrui tment Campus protest gro .tps
Approved Randolph Blacb1el l sugg. for SNCC voter reg.group in NC urban area tobalance hard-core concentration • .
Bruce Gordon will look into gett ing union organizers into SNCC areas.
Hire four campus travellers to work under Coord .. , set up work-study Programs.
' ;- ./ . SNCC FIELD OFFICES AS UF OCT()Bt:R 24~1963
MississipiJi f'3l\ STAFF MISSISSIP1)I (CONT.) STAFF -~---·--··--v Lawrence Guyot Jacks on Bob Noses Mike Sayer Hattiesburg (ElectJ..on Heaaquartcrs) Donna Richards 507 Mobile Street Gerald Bray JU4=7670 Betty Davis l?U2 l.ynch S-creet 9 liLJom 10 Oscar Chase Charles Glenn 948-0690 Jesse Harris McComb (SNCC Office) Jesse Norris 707 Wall .NacArthur Cotton 1708 Everett Street eto a1 0 Street 353-1523
Greenwood Sam Block Mary Lane James Peacock 708 Avenue N Emma Bell Mil ton Hancoc'k ·Willie Smith 453=1282 Barbara Johnson Ivanhoe Donaldson Richard Fre~---W~lliePeacock W]llie NcGhee Greenville Carl Arnold 901! Nelson Street Hunter Morey Gulf-Coast Charles Cobb 335~3174 Meridian George Green Cleveland c/o Youngs !s Hotel 500 25t.h Avenue 614 Chrisman Vi3=2504 1!P5-9132 Clarksdale James Jones Biloxi Dro Go Mason 429 Yazoo c/o Street 873 Fayard Ma4~9167 ID 2~2178 Batesville Willie Blue Laurel Claude Weaver Box 531 9491 c/o Lamar Thomas c/o Hattieshurg Holly Springs Frank Smith nEOHGIA (j) h3o~4902Joyce Barrett Willie Ricks Rust College Albany 504 South l''ladison Joani Richards Bob Cover 269 Wendy Nann Vera Giddens Indianola Charles McLaurin Americus c/o Greenville 536 E, Jefferson Robert Iviants Charles McLaurin ALABAMA t!J Ruleville Worth Long Bruce Gordon 909 Reden Street seiiDa ],_1<'->~~'-, "' 3,..:... 2 J.: .L a.&.Uitr...1.4•H· Th~rr~sBrown Louise. Johnson Benny Tucker ,James Aust.in etoa Vicksburg Jc~:wel-!;:trris 872-·2359 c/o Jackson G~dsen·.JJJ61 [~19 Eric hai.ncy
1;or:; En TnRkl"ep;~e PaL l"JcElderry Holmes Counliy John Ual.~. c/o Greenwood Orville Seaborn Powell8 Revo Belzoni \Villie Shaw c/o Selma ___ _ c/o Greenwood Hat.thew Hughes VIR.GINIA @ Danvll1e Avon ns Tunica County Dicky Flowers holli 226 No Union Hatthew Jones c/o !Greenwood SOUTHERNAR.KANSAS f5") L'otmdes County Donald ~'hite Pine Bluff(535=1ih36/53Sth:70) William Hansen Colinnbus 9 Misso 420~No Cedar l~oRuthieHansen Lester Green 328~1737(Mo Carter) /2._! J ohn Bradford James Jones TENNESSEE Ma~ S ., Barry etoal, Knoxvrrre- Sh~a Kessler c/o Marion Barry 1"E\
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