Sandra L. Adickes is an American civil rights activist, both during the Vietnam War and with the New York City Teachers Union.
[8][9] The group in New York relied on fundraising by the United Federation of Teachers, and Adickes co-lead the project with Norma Becker.
[11] In the spring of 1963, Adickes was recruited by Richard Parrish an African American officer of the UFT for a freedom school project in Prince Edward County.
[15] Adickes sued on two counts— (1) her rights under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment were violated as she was being denied service on the basis of race, and (2) she claimed the arrest was the result of Kress and Hattiesburg police collusion.
[17][18] The case was settled out of court,[19] and Adickes gave her portion of the settlement to the Southern Conference Education Fund to be used for scholarships for the black youth.
[21][13]: 174–175 She also crossed picket lines in a 1968 New York City teachers' strike when she left the union[22] because she felt it was no longer relevant.