Walker--WATS Line Reports, 1965 (Samuel Walker Papers, 1964-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 655, Box 1, Folder 5)
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Walker, Samuel
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This folder primarily contains WATS line and incident reports from March to December of 1965. WATS Reports from March 10 - 14 deal primarily with the Selma to Montgomery Marches and country-wide reactions to them. The reports from the rest of the year deal primarily with incidents in Mississippi and Alabama. Also included in this folder is a four-page letter titled "Notes from Selma" that details the events of the marches from Selma to Montgomery. Additionally, there is an extended document summarizing the major events in Mississippi in March of 1965.
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- Agriculture
- Arrest
- Boycotts
- Carmichael, Stokely
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Workers
- Clergy
- Communism
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Intimidation
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
- Ku Klux Klan
- Lynching
- Mass Media
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Mississippi Student Union
- Murder
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
- Police
- Poverty
- Schools
- Selma To Montgomery Rights March (1965 : Selma, Ala.)
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Threats
- Unemployment
- United States
- United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1964
- United States. Department Of Justice
- United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- Volunteers
- White Citizens Councils
- Whites