# Casey Hayden

> Sandra Cason Hayden 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). With Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi, Hayden was a strategist and organizer for the 1964 Freedom Summer. In the internal discussion that followed its uncertain outcome, she clashed with the SNCC national executive.

*American civil rights activist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/casey-hayden

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1937-10-31
- **Died:** 2023
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 3.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 1.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 10.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 29.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Casey Hayden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Hayden)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58806794)

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