Speech, Annie Rankin

Annie Rankin, born in Harrison County, Mississippi in 1933, became active in the Freedom Movement in 1964 when she attempted to integrate a lunch counter in Natchez, Mississippi. Ms. Rankin participated in the March on Washington in 1965 and maintained an extensive correpondence with Northern Movement friends. In this speech, Ms. Rankin connects the Freedom Movement to American foreign policy (the Vietnam War); economic issues (welfare); and national priorities (the space race).

Item information:
artifact
Created 1920-01-01 in Unknown
3 pages, 8x11



Archive information:
Tougaloo College Archive - T-90.19
Annie Rankin, Box 1 , folder 7

Record 63

Brown University Tougaloo College STG