The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Slobodkin (Tamara) Civil Rights collection

Repository: University of Southern Mississippi. McCain Library and Archives

Collection Description (Extant): The Tamara Slobodkin Civil Rights Collection includes sound recordings of Civil Rights singers of the 1960s and a copy of Herbert Aptheker's book Mission to Hanoi.

Slobodkin was a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) while she and her husband lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the 1960s. Her work included raising funds and supplies for CORE workers in the South.

Date(s): 1960s

Digital Status: Uknown

Existing IDs: AM 2000-47

Finding Aid URL: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/slobodkn.htm

Language: English

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

Civil rights movements--United States--Songs and music
Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom Singers

Genres:

Sound recordings