From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover letter from Staughton Lynd and Harold Bardanelli of Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Jackson, Mississippi, to Freedom School volunteer teachers. The cover letter gives...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Minutes of the April 1965 meeting of COFO's fifth district leaders in Waveland, Mississippi. Includes discussion of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, labor unions, cooperative marketing,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; This photograph shows Dr. Staughton Lynd, Director of the Mississippi Freedom Schools, lecturing to an audience of Freedom School teachers during the second SNCC orientation session held at...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Compiled by Freedom School students, articles in this edition of the student newspaper include topics such as the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, discrimination, slavery, and the...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The collection contains photographs and personal reminiscences of Kwanguvu's experiences as a Freedom School teacher in 1964, as well as photographs taken during the 35th anniversary of Freedom Summer...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection consists of photocopies of materials collected by Ellen Lake relating to the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, including correspondence, reports, and a copy of "Last Summer in Mississippi,"...
Transcribed copy of a summary of the development of Mississippi Freedom Schools, lists of the number of schools and the number of students that attended each. Also includes an account of violent attacks against African Americans in Mississippi...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection consists of seven photocopied articles about Mississippi Freedom Schools published in scholarly education journals between 1994 and 1999. The articles were co-authored by Dr. George W....
Transcribed copy of a statement, presumably written by a Freedom School teacher, dated July 9, 1964. Discusses the teaching methods used in Freedom Schools, particularly using the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution to...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This pamphlet describes the efforts of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with the Mississippi Freedom Project through voter registration, freedom schools, community centers,...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memo, from Lois Chaffee, of the Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.); presents diverse ideas on what should be the function of the community centers, and discusses money and staff...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Volume 1, Number 1 of the Freedom Carrier records news stories about the Mississippi Freedom Schools and racial violence that occurred in Mississippi in the summer of 1964. The small newsletter...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Carolyn Reese teaching a Freedom School class at an African-American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. The students include Aljorie, Sharon, and Velisa Clark and...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. African American Hattiesburg resident Susan Stokes (left) stands with volunteers Carolyn and Arthur Reese, Co-coordinators of the COFO-Hattiesburg Freedom Schools during Freedom Summer, 1964.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; This photo shows a close up of Arthur Reese who, along with his wife Carolyn Reese, was Co-Coordinator of the COFO-Hattiesburg Freedom Schools during Freedom Summer, 1964.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Letter from Adda Dilts to Nancy Ellin, dated July 21, 1964. Discusses contributions of textbooks to freedom schools in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, including some that were given to the...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Carolyn Reese teaching a Freedom School class at an African-American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. Her students include Aljorie, Velisa, and Cherylyn Clark...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report describing the progress of Freedom Schools in various locations in Mississippi, such as McComb, Hattiesburg, and the Delta region. Discusses the planned performances of the play...
Transcribed copy of a memo regarding the plans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for the Mississippi Freedom Project. Provides a brief background and plans for freedom schools, community centers, voter registration campaigns,...
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.
