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Willie Rudd
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Willie Rudd, president of the United Furniture Workers Local 282 as well as the national union, at a SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) labor conference in Birmingham.
1991
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975; Braden, Anne, 1924-2006
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Gwen Patten
1991
Gwen Patton reporting on the Southern Rainbow Education Project to a conference called by the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC).
Rev. Joseph Lowery
1991
Rev. Joseph Lowery, minister, civil rights leader, and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), speaking to a conference sponsored by the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC).
Anne Braden and SOC
Anne Braden (center) at an unidentified meeting of the SOC (Southern Organizing Committee) leadership.
SOC Leaders
September 1993
Scott Douglas and Connie Tucker (right), leaders of the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC), at an unidentified event.
Modjeska Simpkins at SOC Meeting
Modjeska Simpkins (center) one of the early leaders of the NAACP at an unidentified meeting of the Southern Organizing Committee (SOC). Among the other SOC board members present are Judy Hand on t...
Richard Arrington, Jr.
October 1991
Richard Arrington, Jr. (at the microphone), the first black to be elected mayor of Birmingham, speaks to a re-election rally. Among the supporters applauding are Gordon Spivey (to the left) and Re...
