A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
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...
A four-page typed letter to the Editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette from Joe Ellin [?], dated August 1, 1964. The letter describes the public school system in Hattiesburg and Forrest County, Mississippi. Integration and segregation in the schools and...
A handwritten list of Freedom Summer volunteers and staff in Hattiesburg written by Joe Ellin. The list gives the volunteers' religion, race, approximate age, and their work site. There are tally marks for the statistics on the lower right corner....
Brochure from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brochure distributed by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in an effort to solicit economic support and volunteers for Freedom Schools. Describes the purpose and function of...
Brochure from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brochure prepared by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) created to inform supporters of activities and intentions for the development of the Mississippi Freedom...
Brochure from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brochure published by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) inviting college students, clergymen, laypersons, and businessmen to participate in various summer projects sponsored...
Carbon copy of a typewritten letter from Dr. Israel Zwerling to President Lyndon B. Johnson, dated August 10, 1964, in which Zwerling appeals to Johnson for justice for murdered civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Articles by Shaw, and other materials documenting Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m326.htm.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Correspondence, photographs, and civil rights-related materials, including the probable last photograph taken of slain civil rights worker Andrew Goodman. For the full finding aid, see...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Essays, articles, Freedom Summer commemorative pamphlets and programs, news clippings documenting Mississippi Freedom Summer 1964. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m325.htm.
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. ; Information concerning David Owen's involvement in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, including personal correspondence, newspaper clippings, a photograph, and information concerning various civil...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Lists of Freedom Riders, arrest records, investigative reports, correspodence, newspaper clippings. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m337.htm.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Materials that document the Civil Rights Movement and Freedom Summer in Holly Springs, Mississippi. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m357.htm.
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; Materials that document the Civil Rights Movement and Freedom Summer in Holly Springs, Mississippi. For the full finding aid, see http://www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/m362.htm.