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William W. Hodes '66, a SNCC volunteer working in Greenwood, Miss., was arrested for disorderly conduct, Saturday, beaten in a rather offhand manner by the local police, and released later that day on $100 bond...
When the crowd started to disperse, and Hodes started back toward the SNCC headquarters in the Negro section, a police car pulled up and five officers emerged. They accused Hodes of creating the disturbance and warned him not to do it again...
Wiley and three other Negro SNCC workers were charged with trespassing after warning in Selma July 4 when they refused to leave a segregated restaurant after the manager had requested they...
According to reports from SNCC's Atlanta headquarters, there were no federal authorities in Selma beyond the local...
Yesterday afternoon police arrested 50 more Negroes, including John Lewis, national SNCC official. The mass arrest--reportedly involving the extensive use of nightsticks and electric cattle prods--marked the first day of a Freedom week launched yesterday by civil rights organizations in Selma...