A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Interviews conducted on 04-21-1977 and 05-12-1977 with Unita Blackwell (born 1933). Ms. Blackwell was a field worker for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1964 and also served that year as a delegate of the Mississippi Freedom...
A collection of six interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; Two interviews conducted on April 14, 1972 and January 25, 1973 with Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977). Hamer was a leading figure in the MFDP. She is best known for her 1964 national television...
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
Booklet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Booklet compiled for delegates of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) who will attend the Democratic National Convention. Describes the MFDP and the contributions of...
A collection of eight interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on January 31, 1977 with Jimmy Carter Fairley (born 1921). A native of Greene County, Mississippi, Mr. Fairley was active in the civil rights movement at the local, state, and national levels.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; In his three-page memoir, Shonholtz recounts his experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer, including his acquaintance with Dr. Aaron Henry, a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party representative. For the...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The Peggy Jean Connor papers contain 2 newspaper articles, a memoir of the civil rights movement in Mississippi written by herself, a school report by her grandson, and an undergraduate thesis concerning...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection consists primarily of material for the book, Letters From Mississippi (1965, republished 2002). The book contains letters written in 1964 by Mississippi Freedom Summer volunteers. The papers...
Flyer advertising a workshop on March 31, [1965?] in Mt. Beulah, Mississippi, and to include speakers from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Delta Ministry, CORE, SNCC, NAACP, and several other civil rights organizations.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Address written by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) for the National Conference for New Politics Convention, dated September 2, 1967, to gain support for African American voters in Mississippi. Adams requests...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Brochure distributed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to solicit financial support for the organization. Discusses the history, mission, and activities of the party.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Brochure distributed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Describes the purpose and objectives of the party and encourages African Americans to participate in politics.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Copy of a typewritten letter from "The FDP Congresswoman"(Victoria Gray) to Congressman William Fitts Ryan. Gray expresses appreciation on behalf of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) for...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Document prepared by the National Committee for Free Elections in Mississippi (NCFEM) for the Democratic National Convention of 1967 as part of an effort to gain support for voter registration drives in...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Draft of an article about the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) published in the Southern Patriot. Discusses MFDP's trip to the Democratic National Convention in 1964, as well as future plans.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Mississippi delegation position paper presented at the convention of the National Conference for New Politics in Chicago, Illinois, August 29-September 4, 1967. Calls for reform in education and welfare,...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) newsletter that describes issues of interest, including the strike of the International Wood Workers of America against the Masonite Corporation in Laurel and...
