Savio, Mario. Mario Savio correspondence : Mississippi, to Cheri Stevenson, Berkeley, Calif. : ALS, 1964. - View Resource (original) (raw)

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Mario Savio was an American political activist best known for his leadership in Berkeley's Free Speech Movement. In the summer of 1964 Savio went to Mississippi as a civil rights worker helping African Americans register to vote. From the description of Mario Savio correspondence : Mississippi, to Cheri Stevenson, Berkeley, Calif. : ALS, 1964. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 63513514 ...

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