Student Nonviolent
Coordinating Committee

6 Raymond Street, N.W.
Atlanta 14, Georgia

Room 1025

5 Beekman Street
New York 38, N.Y.
CO 7 - 5541

June 11, 1963

688-0331

Langston Hughes
20 East 127th Street
New York 35, N.Y.

Dear Mr. Hughes,

Thank you very much for the goods that you have
donated to the "Citizens of Greenwood, Mississippi."
Of course, I can't speak for the Greenwood
citizens but I do speak as a staff member of an
organization (The Student Nonviolent Coordin-
ating Committee) that works very closely with
the Greenwood community. I can think of few
things that could be of more value to a Black
child today than the books that you have given
written by Langston Hughes.

SNCC, as you know, is engaged in Fund raising
and promotional work in the New York area.
Any further help that you might be able to render

COST 19

R. D. Smith

The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

Mr. Langston Hughes
20 East 127th Street
New York 35, New York

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6 Raymond Street, N.W. December 19, 1964
Atlanta 14, Georgia

688-0331

New York Post
New York, New York

att: Langston Hughes

Dear Mr. Hughes:

In your column on December 11th you mention our record, "Freedom in the Air" as a valuable gift. Firstly, I wish to thank you for mentioning our organization. Secondly, because we no longer have copies of the record available, we are in a dilemma as to how to supply the already mounting orders for the record.

The record was originally made two years ago when the Albany Movement was very strong. It was used to try to tell more people what we were doing and also try to raise money for our rather poor organization. But, when the movement in Albany lost national prominence, the sale of the record declined. We ran out of copies and have not had them repressed. We can't afford to have them repressed now, even for the interest which you have renewed in them. We just don't have the money.

But we do have two other records: one of them has just been made, it is a recording of the fiveman Freedom Singers made at our 1964 Spring Conference, with a speech by aut Chairman John Lewis. The other record for which we have a limited amount of copies is the Freedom Singers record of the four former field workers. The Freedom Singers is a rotating group of field workers who sing for a year or so and then return to the field. That is why there are two records by two different Freedom Singers. Both records are available for $4.95.

So we have orders for the Freedom in the Air record but can not supply them. I am sending all those that have order a form letter which I have enclosed. Perhpas you could print a retraction in your next column.

Thank you very much for rembering to mention us in your column especially now that Sncc is financial broke.

cc: Editor

"One Man, One Vote"

688-0331

Dear Friend,

We are sorry but we can not accommodate your order of a
copy of the record, "Freedom in the Air", that was advertised
in Langston Hughes' column in the New York Post.

The record was originally made two years ago when the Albany
movement was very strong. It was used to try to tell more
people what we were doing and also try to raise money for
our rather poor organization. But, when the movement
in Albany lost national prominence, the sale of the record
declined. We ran out of copies and have not had them re-
pressed. We can't afford to have them repressed now, even
though interest has been renewed -- we don't have the money.

But we do have two other records: one of them has just been
made, it is a recording of the fiveman Freedom Singers made
at our 1964 Spring Conference, with a speech by our Chairman
John Lewis. The other record is by four former field workers
who also called themselves the Freedom Singers. The Free-
dom Singers is a rotating group of field secretaries who sing
for a year or so and then return to the field to be replaced
by other singing freedom workers. That's why there are two
records by two different Freedom Singers. Both records are
available for $4.95. Perhaps you would want one of these
records instead.

We have notified Mr Hughes of the record situation and we
apologize for not being able to fill your order.

Freedom,

Barbara Jones

"One Man, One Vote"