User:Mitchumch/Americus movement

Notable subtopics

1963

• Leesburg Stockade in Leesburg, Georgia
• Americus police chief Ross Chambliss
• Sumnter county sheriff Fred Chappell (sheriff)
• Sumter County Movement
• Martin Theater
• Arrest of Americus Four
  • Georgia's 1871 Anti-Treason Act
  • Ralph Allen
  • Don Harris
  • John Perdue
  • Zev Aelony

1964

• Desegregation of Americus High School
  • Dobbs Wiggins
  • Robertiena Freeman Fletcher
  • David Bell
  • Jewel Wise
  • Greg Wittkamper, white student from Koinonia

1965

• Arrest of:
  • Mary Kate Fishe Bell
  • Mamie Campbell
  • Lena Turner
  • Gloria Wise

See also

• Americus–Sumter County Movement Remembered