Word: perdew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Realistically, Perdew does not face the threat of the death penalty. But local officials in Georgia are determined to seek a heavy sentence for the students as a warning to other civil rights activists in the area...
Such an outrage must be combatted. The immediate problem is to raise money to finance Perdew's costly legal defense and the John W. Perdew Fund is currently conducting a campaign for finances. The Harvard community now has a tangible opportunity to aid the civil rights movement. A contribution to this campaign is one small but important way of helping...
...case of John Perdew should evoke from us more than a passing interest, and perhaps a few dollars. The social revolution erupting in this nation forces each man to make a decision about his own life. John Perdew's choice, the quality of his commitment, is something each man must confront...
...John W. Perdew Fund has ended the dining hall phase of its drive with one-fifth of its $5000 goal and has begun door-to-door-solicitation...
Another civil rights group, an ad hoc committee of 20 students, led by William R. Crout, teaching fellow in Cen Ed, left Cambridge for Washington yesterday morning to lobby for the passage of Title X. This legislation would allow Perdew and other imprisoned demonstrators to remove their cases quickly from state to federal courts...