Field secretary
Field secretary is a position within various civil rights organizations in the United States, such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). In the NAACP, it was the highest-ranking position of each state chapter of the organization.
Notable field secretaries
- Ella Baker
- Medgar Evers
- Fannie Lou Hamer[1]
- John Lewis
- Gilbert R. Mason
- Rosa Parks
- Walter F. White
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References
- Reed, L. (2002). "Fannie Lou Hamer - New ideas for the Civil Rights Movement and American democracy". In: A.J.B.T. Ownby (Ed.). The Role of Ideas in the Civil Rights South. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. P. 70. Retrieved from Google Books
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