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Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008

Biography:

African American minister and civil rights activist; He served as chairman of the Nashville Student Movement from 1960 to 1961 and was a founding member of SNCC and of the SCLC. He organized civil rights protests in Nashville, Jackson, and Birmingham. In particular, he organized the Children's Crusade in Birmingham in 1964. Bevel and wife Diane Nash proposed the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965. Bevel was present at King's assassination. (Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights, 1992)

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Archival Collections and Reference Resources

• Alabama Media Group Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Alabama National Guard Brigadier General Henry Graham talking to James Bevel during the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Audience seated behind the pulpit at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Bevel and other marchers on Dexter Avenue in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Bevel being arrested a during civil rights demonstration, probably at Bailey's Tabernacle CME Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Bevel, Richard Boone, and Harold Middlebrooks in front of Bailey's Tabernacle CME Church in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, during a civil rights demonstration. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Bevel speaking at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Bevel speaking at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Bevel speaking at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Bevel speaking at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Bevel speaking at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
  • James Orange and James Bevel with other marchers on U.S. Highway 80 in either Dallas or Lowndes County during the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Marchers leaving the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, on the final day of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Marchers on U.S. Highway 80 entering Lowndes County, Alabama, on the second day of the Selma to Montgomery March. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Ralph Abernathy speaking at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Ralph Abernathy speaking at a mass meeting at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma to announce forthcoming civil rights demonstrations. (Negatives (photographs))
• Alabama Photographs and Pictures Collection (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • Images from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral in Atlanta, Georgia. (Negatives (photographs))
  • Man holding up two fingers during the Selma-to-Montgomery march on U.S. Highway 80. (Photographs)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, James Bevel, and others walking in the rain during the Selma to Montgomery March. (Photographs)
• Anne Braden Oral History Project (Kentucky Virtual Library)
  • Interview with Robert Zellner, November 3, 1990 (Oral histories)
• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Oral History Project Collection (Birmingham Civil Rights Institute)
  • [title] (oral histories (literary works))
• Eyes on the Prize Interviews (Washington University in St. Louis University Libraries)
• Freedom Riders' 40th Anniversary Oral History Project, 2001 (John Davis Williams Library (University of Mississippi))
  • Oral history interview with Clarence Thomas, Jr., 2001 (Oral histories)
  • Oral history interview with Fred Clark, 2001 (Oral histories)
  • Oral history interview with Helen O'Neal McCray (1), 2001 (Oral histories)
  • Oral history interview with Helen O'Neal McCray (2), 2001 (MovingImage)
• Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
  • Allen--Freedom School mimeo materials 1963-64 (Pamela P. Allen papers, 1967-1974; Archives Main Stacks, M85-013, Folder 1) (Press releases)
  • Belfrage--Location file: Ruleville, 1962-1964 (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 2, Segment 21) (Reports)
  • Belfrage--Voter registration reports, 1963, March-August (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 1, Segment 5) (Diaries)
  • Carawan--Guy Carawan. The story of Greenwood, Mississippi, 1965 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 332) (Notes (documents))
  • King--August, 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 9) (Reports)
  • King--February-March 1964 WATS Line Calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 3) (Reports)
  • King--June 1964 WATS Line calls (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 1, Folder 7) (Reports)
  • King--Minutes of Meetings, 1964-1965 (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Archives Main Stacks, Z: Accessions M82-445, Box 3, Folder 2) (Minutes (administrative records))
  • Kinoy--Legal documents re: COFO v. Rainey, 1964 : Brief, 1964 (Arthur Kinoy papers, circa 1930-2003; Z: Accessions, M2007-010, Box 8, Folder 21) (Legal documents)
  • Lipsky--SNCC, Mississippi, New Jersey (Michael Lipsky and David J. Olson Papers, 1935-1981; Z: Accessions, M96-024, Box 1, Folder 6) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • MFDP--General papers, 1965-1971, part 1 (Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party records, 1962-1971; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 788, Reel 2, Segment 2, Part 1) (Minutes (administrative records))
  • Montgomery--Lucy Montgomery notes (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 2, Segment 31c) (Correspondence)
  • Montgomery--SNCC: Black Power (Lucile Montgomery papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 3, Segment 47) (Pamphlets)
  • Montgomery--SNCC: Circulars, newsletters, program outlines, incidents, 1963-1966 (Lucile Montgomery Papers, 1963-1967; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 44, Reel 3, Segment 48) (Pamphlets)
  • Moore--Correspondence, 1963-1964 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 1 Folder 5) (Correspondence)
  • Moore--Correspondence Of Others, Collected by Moore, 1952-1970 (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 2 Folder 3) (Correspondence)
  • Moore--Voter Registration, 1958-1968, undated (Amzie Moore papers, 1941-1970; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 551, Box 8 Folder 9) (Reports)
  • Romaine--Anne Romaine Interviews, 1966-1967 (Archives Main Stacks, SC 1069, Folder 1) (Transcripts)
  • SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 6) (Pamphlets)
  • SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 16) (Reports)
  • Shirah--Civil rights material, 1961-1964, undated (Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., papers, 1961-1964; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 540, Box 1, Folder 2) (Reports)
  • Shirah--Reports, 1963-1964 (Samuel C. Shirah, Jr., papers, 1961-1964; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 540, Box 1, Folder 6) (Reports)
  • Starobin--Miscellaneous clippings, reprints and other ephemera,1964-1967 (Robert S. Starobin papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 428, Box 2, Folder 10) (Clippings (information artifacts))
  • Starobin--SNCC 1963-1966 (Robert S. Starobin papers, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 428, Box 2, Folder 3) (Minutes (administrative records))
  • Walker--WATS Line reports, 1964-1965 (Samuel Walker papers, 1964-1966; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 655, Box 1, Folder 4) (Reports)
  • Zinn--Whites in the Movement, 1963 (Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 2, Folder 10) (Minutes (administrative records))
• Individuals Active in Civil Disturbances, volume 2 (Alabama Department of Archives and History)
  • James Luther Bevel (Black-and-white photographs)
• James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006 (Duke University Libraries)
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. (Photographs)
• Nashville Public Library Digital Collections Portal: Civil Rights (Nashville Public Library)
  • Excerpt 1 from oral history interview with Angeline Butler, 2005 March (Sound recordings)
  • Photograph of demonstrators, led by Reverend James Luther Bevel, Greyhound Bus Terminal, Nashville, Tennessee, 1960 March 03 (Black-and-white photographs)
• Selma to Montgomery : A March for the Right to Vote : A Visual History by Spider Martin (Spider Martin Photograph Collection)
• Series 2515 : Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Records Online, 1994-2006, Photographs (Mississippi Department of Archives and History)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Mississippi field trip report] (Reports)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph [Mississippi field trip report] (Reports)
  • Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of James L. Bevel following his arrest for his participation in the Freedom Rides, Jackson, Mississippi, 1961 May 24 (Black-and-white photographs)
• WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
  • Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of street rioting, Savannah police headquarters, and a mass meeting attended by civil rights activists Andrew Young, James Bevel and Robert Spike, Savannah, Georgia, 1963 (news)