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Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965

Davis W. Houck and David E. Dixon

Print publication date: 2008

Print ISBN-13: 9781604731071

Published to University Press of Mississippi: March 2014

DOI: 10.14325/mississippi/9781604731071.001.0001

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Katie Louchheim

Katie Louchheim

November 17, 1961, National Council of Negro Women, Washington, D.C.

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(p.179) Katie Louchheim
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Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965
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Davis W. Houck

David E. Dixon

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University Press of Mississippi
DOI:10.14325/mississippi/9781604731071.003.0021

Born in New York City in 1903, Kathleen Scofield Louchheim was a talented poet and Democratic activist. Louchheim became a delegate from Washington D.C. to the Democratic National Convention in 1948 and served as an alternate member of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) four years later. Perhaps her biggest break came in 1953 when she was appointed Director of Women’s Activities for the DNC, a position she used to encourage women to get involved in all levels of politics. On November 17, 1961, she spoke at the National Council of Negro Women in Washington D.C. This chapter presents Louchheim’s speech, in which she talked about the interracial work that awaits American women and the “weapons” they needed in this endeavor. She also praised Robert Kennedy’s handling of civil rights despite the fact that Bob Moses and other members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee were languishing in a jail in McComb, Mississippi.

Keywords:   speech, Kathleen Scofield Louchheim, Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Committee, politics, National Council of Negro Women, women, Robert Kennedy, civil rights, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

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