Maria Varela oral history interview conducted by David P. Cline in Pasadena, California, 2016 June 29

Activist and MacArthur fellow, Maria Varela, recalls her role in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), discussing her work in organizing adult literacy programs in Mississippi and her role as one of SNCC's only female photographers. Offering a Mexican American perspective of the...

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Language:English
Subjects:
Chicano movement
Civil rights movements > Alabama
Civil rights movements > Mississippi
Civil rights movements > United States
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Ouellet, Maurice F., > 1926-2011
Photography > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century
Poor People's Campaign
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
Tijerina, Reies
United States National Student Association
Varela, Maria, > 1940 > -Interviews
Women civil rights workers > United States > Interviews
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Summary:Activist and MacArthur fellow, Maria Varela, recalls her role in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), discussing her work in organizing adult literacy programs in Mississippi and her role as one of SNCC's only female photographers. Offering a Mexican American perspective of the Civil Rights Movement, she identifies how SNCC embraced multiculturalism, extending its activism to include the Chicano Movement. She reflects on her transition from SNCC into the Chicano Movement, including her participation in the Land Grant Movement and the Poor People's Campaign in 1968.