Campbell, Mamie
Biography:
African American woman arrested July 20, 1965 along with Mary Kate Fishe Bell, Lena Turner and Gloria Wise for standing in the "white" line at the polling place in Americus, Georgia. She and the other three women were ordered released by federal judge W. A. Bootle on July 31. The Americus city directory of 1966 lists Joseph R. Campbell, pastor at Allen's Chapel, as being married to "Mamie P."
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of African Americans protesting for the release of arrested women in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 28 (moving images)
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Lester Maddox speaking to a white audience, African Americans protest segregation, and newsman Tom Brokaw interviews mayor T. Griffin Walker in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 29 (moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Lester Maddox speaking to a white audience, African Americans protest segregation, and newsman Tom Brokaw interviews mayor T. Griffin Walker in Americus, Georgia, 1965 July 29 (news)