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Report on the poor people's conference; 1966

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Identifier	mus-mm217
Title	Report on the poor people's conference; 1966
Description	From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report gives details about the economic shut out of poor African Americans that occurred during the 1960s due to greater plantation mechanization. The report includes transcribed meetings and press conferences with poor Mississippians who want to attract the attention of the federal government with political organizing and civil disobedience. The report preserves the text from a telegram the group sent to President Johnson and the White House's reply. The accounts of impoverished citizens criticize Mississippi welfare programs and describe an act of civil disobedience in which a group of African Americans occupied empty barracks on a Greenville military base and were thrown out by troops. The document also includes excerpts from voter education and political education handbooks created to increase citizen awareness of avenues for political action.
Creator	Cobb, Charlie.
Date	1966
Coverage (time period)	1966
Subject	African American political activists. Civil disobedience. Greenville (Miss.) Politics, Practical. Poverty. Voting. Farm mechanization.
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 15-page document.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
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	M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection.
Source	Box 3, Folder 14
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.

Title	Page 1
File size	1668.147 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1667
Height	2173
Color space	Grayscale
File name	mm217_02.jpg

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