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Casey Hayden. Sandra Cason Hayden (October 31, 1937 – January 4, 2023) was an American radical student activist and civil rights worker in the 1960s. Recognized for her defense of direct action in the struggle against racial segregation, in 1960 she was an early recruit to Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
13 de ene. de 2023 · Casey Hayden, a Force for Civil Rights and Feminism, Dies at 85 - The New York Times. While working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early 1960s, she helped write two...
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin mourns the loss of activist and organizer Casey Hayden Cason. The Briscoe Center is home to Cason’s papers. “As the New York Times noted, Casey truly was ‘a force in the peace and social justice movements,’” said Don Carleton, executive director of the ...
14 de ene. de 2023 · Casey Hayden, New York City, 1965. Photo by D Gorton. Casey Hayden, one of the few white Southerners to join the anti-segregation movement of the ’60s in the South, and a widely recognized precursor of the women’s liberation movement, died on 1/4/23 with her children holding her hands.
4 de ene. de 2023 · A photograph of Casey Hayden, undated, crmvet.org. October 31, 1937 – January 4, 2023. Raised in Victoria, Texas. Sandra “Casey” Cason Hayden, grew up in East Texas. Unlike most other white families in her neighborhood, Hayden was raised by her single working-mother and grandmother.
15 de ene. de 2023 · Casey Hayden, an important organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during its push for civil rights in the early 1960s and the co-author of two papers that called out sexism within that organization and in society in general — documents that are credited with helping to inspire second-wave feminism — died on ...
22 de ene. de 2023 · Casey Hayden, a civil rights and feminism pioneer, has died at the age of 85. Hayden was among the thousands of civil rights activists who fought in the movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King...