Charles McDew

Charles "Chuck" McDew is an American teacher, organizer and lifelong activist for civil rights. He chaired the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1961 to 1964, described by fellow SNCC activist Bob Moses as a “black by birth, a Jew by choice and a revolutionary by necessity”. The character of Archie in the 2000 Phil Alden Robinson directed made-for-TV film Freedom Song is based on Charles McDew.