Jane Schutt
Jane Schutt was born on January 2, 1913 in Washington, D.C., the daughter of Randolph and Gertrude Menefee.And until this ignorance is dispelled, how, under the shining sun are we to avoid these tragic and heartbreaking disturbances that continue to plague us or even having experienced them, how are we to learn from them and move forward together unless we have somebody set up to render the assistance and give the answers to the many questions that must be asked before the truly constructive steps that issue out of understanding can be made to rectify the situation.Immediately on joining the committee, Schutt and her family became the targets of daily harassment and intimidation, were denounced by politicians, and even subjected to terrorist violence.In defiance of the Ku Klux Klan, she strung the burnt remains of the cross with lights and incorporated it into a nativity scene.[1][2] The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission concluded that "Mrs. Schutt is the real source of trouble on the committee" and worked covertly to exert pressure on her through her church and her husband's employer, the M. T. Reed Construction Company.[1][2] She worked for civil rights in other ways, using her home to host Freedom Riders of 1961 and voting registration workers during Freedom Summer of 1964, and working with Wednesdays in Mississippi to bring both black and white clubwomen to fight for civil rights in Mississippi.