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History Professors Help Organize SCOPE Project
This newsletter talks about the collaboration between the history department and the Columbia-Barnard Democratic Club to get students and faculty involved with the SCOPE project. SCOPE sought out volunteers to help with projects over the summer in…
Moshe Shur and Peter Geffen with Martin Luther King Jr.
This photograph was taken when Martin Luther King Jr. came to Orangeburg, South Carolina to speak to SCOPE volunteers conducting voter drives in the area. King is on the left, Moshe Shur in the middle and Peter Geffen is on the right.
King signed…
King signed…
National Park Service Letter to Moshe Shur Regarding S.C.O.P.E. Rack Card
Letter from Jim Heany of the National Park Service regarding the rack card on S.C.O.P.E., a part of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
National Park Service S.C.O.P.E. Rack Card
Rack card on S.C.O.P.E., a part of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail.
Cover and Page from The SCOPE of Freedom: The Leadership of Hosea Williams with Dr. King's Summer '65 Student Volunteers
Copy of cover page and excerpt from The SCOPE of Freedom: The Leadership of Hosea Williams with Dr. King's Summer '65 Student Volunteers. Page excerpt lists volunteers associated with SCOPE including Dean Savage and Mickey (Moshe) Shur. Moshe Shur…
SCOPE volunteer Marie Guillemin's birthday party
SCOPE volunteer Marie Guillemin's birthday party at 746 Amelia Street. Pictured from left: Daui Schauman (in light blue dress), Marie Guillemin (blue shirt), Sarah Oakes (blond hair), Barbara Rothkrug (white shirt), Al Szymanski (glasses), Dean…
Orangeburg County Jailhouse
Old jailhouse in Orangeburg, SC. Built in 1857, this was the town's active jail until the 1980s (still standing at 44 St. John Street, Orangeburg, SC).
Matthew Perry, NAACP attorney
Mathew Perry (with glasses), NAACP attorney that represented SCOPE volunteers for sit-in arrests. Unidentified man to right. Back of head with blond hair is Moshe "Mickey" Shur.
Local community gathering
Local community gathering at the house where most of the Columbia University SCOPE volunteers stayed during the summer of 1965 (746 Amelia Street, Orangeburg, SC).
NAACP attorney Earl Coblyn talking with SCOPE volunteers
Earl Coblyn (standing), NAACP civil rights attorney who was living in Orangeburg and who acted as a community liaison to the SCOPE volunteers. Al Szymanski is sitting on ledge (with glasses).