Turner, Lena
Biography:
18-year-old arrested July 20, 1965 along with Mary Kate Fishe Bell, Gloria Wise, and Mamie Campbell for standing in the "white" line at the polling place. On July 31, 1965, federal judge W. A. Bootle ordered the women released and declared segregated elections illegal. Turner later became NAACP field worker.
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- Freedom summer digital collection (Wisconsin Historical Society)
- King--SNCC Position Papers & Reports, 1963-1965 (except Waveland, Mississippi, November 1964) (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 20) (Correspondence)
- SAVF-Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 47, Folder 8) (Reports)
- 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)