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Letter, Ned Opton to Friends; August 19, 1964

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Identifier	mus-kd092
Title	Letter, Ned Opton to Friends; August 19, 1964
Description	From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Four-page letter authored by civil rights activist Ned Opton. Opton writes from Palmer's Crossing, near Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to coworkers and friends about the political, economic and social conditions facing African Americans in the South. He bases his assessment on observations made while volunteering with his wife, Gene, in Tchula and Hattiesburg during Freedom Summer 1964. He writes of attending a memorial service for James Chaney, one of three civil rights workers killed in Philadelphia, Mississippi, that summer.
Creator	Opton, Ned.
Date	19 August 1964
Coverage (time period)	1964
Subject	African American farmers. African Americans. Civil rights workers. Delta (Miss. : Region) Hattiesburg (Miss.) Neshoba County (Miss.) Palmers Crossing (Miss.) Economic history. Tchula (Miss.) Opton, Ned.
Mississippi county	Forrest County (Miss.)
Geographic location	Hattiesburg (Miss.)
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 4-page document.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Contributors	Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Notes	This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M357 Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection.
Source	Box 1, Folder 28
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.

Title	Page 1
File size	3246.594 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1638
Height	2750
Color space	Grayscale
File name	kd092_01.jpg

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