Letter from Chude Pamela Parker Allen to her parents

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Chude Pamela Parker Allen to her parents
Description:
Pam writes about the deaths of three civil rights workers in Mississippi: Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney. She talks about the stressful conditions she lives and works in, and the prejudices she faces for being female and white. Two movement members were in a car accident, one was killed, the other injured.
Creator:
Allen, Chude Pamela, 1943-
Date:
August 6, 1964
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Collection (local):
Gloria Xifaras Clark Papers
Subjects:
African Americans--Education--Mississippi
Civil rights movements--Mississippi
Places:
Mississippi
Extent:
5 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums865-b001-f012-i009
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Holly Springs (Miss.)
Identifier:
mums865-b001-f012-i009