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Memoir of Black Jewish Civil Rights leader Charles McDew

JL;DR SUMMARY Charles McDew, a pioneering figure in the American civil rights movement, was notable for his role as the second chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityRacismCivil Rights MovementActivismCommunismArrestSnccCharles McdewSouthern Segregation

Places mentioned

Massillon, Ohio, United States
"McDew was born in Massillon, Ohio in 1938."
Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States
"he enrolled at the historically Black South Carolina State College in Orangeburg in the fall of 1959"
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
"North Carolina A&T sparked the lunch counter sit-in movement at Greensboros Woolworths store."
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
"A 1962 mugshot of Charles McDew taken at his jailing in Baton Rouge, La."
South Carolina, United States
"I told people I was from South Carolina."

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