[Atlanta, GA; September 8, 1963]
name: label: Collection Creator
content: McNamara, Norris
label: Collection Creator
content: Moon, Moses
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content: Moses Moon Civil Rights Movement Audio Collection
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content: Moses Moon Civil Rights Movement Audio Collection / Series 1: Original Tapes
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content: Box 5 (Reference)
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content: Box 2, Item AC0556-OT_AT_1.6
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Audio
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content: Box: Atlanta SNCC press conference with Americus People, 1st of 2
Statement from Mike Lewis
-	Story of police persecution and brutality
-	The mayor refused to cooperate in attempts at negotiations
Evidence of activities in Americus
-	James Williams as victim of police abuse
James Williams:
-	Relates the story of his broken leg
-	Meeting with FBI officials
-	Questions from the press
-	Questions about his public record
Mike Lewis:
-Thomas Grady's affidavit, as a witness to the beating
-Affidavit of Lena Turner, who saw Mr. Williams carried into the jail
Young women, Lena Turner and Lorena Barnes, answer questions from the press:
-Jail experiences
Fifteen year old (name is difficult to hear) speaks about her jail experience
More evidence from Mike Lewis
More from young women
-Description of torture of male inmates
-Illness and injury in jail 
-Previous arrests
Mike Lewis takes over answering questions
-SNCC future action in Americus
Phil (?) Merritt (sounds like a very young boy):
-Jail sentence, conditions, food
Lena Turner:
-Snake in jail
-Indifference of the jailor
Lewis offers up parent testimonials
Mrs. Reagan:
-Children in jail
-Reaction to jail environment