From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Essay written by student Julie Ann McCarty that expresses her enthusiasm for the Freedom School which she is attending.
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Report of the planned programs for Freedom Summer of 1964. Beginning with a quote from James Silver's book Mississippi: The Closed Society, the prospectus discusses issues such as goals of the Mississippi...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A Freedom School class hosted by Morning Star Baptist Church meets during Freedom Summer, 1964 on the lawn outside the church, located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Students who have been...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Members of a Freedom School class sitting on the lawn of Morning Star Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. The teacher is SNCC Field Secretary Barbara...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Written by students of the Palmers Crossing Freedom School, articles in this newspaper discuss the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, canvassing, slavery, and the future of African...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Composition book of Freedom School student Gwendolyn Merritt. Contains the resolutions of the Priest Creek Precinct meeting as well as a brief essay on the Freedom Movement and the Black...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Composition book of Freedom School student Georgia May Byes that contains a modification of the Declaration of Independence which expresses the desires of African Americans in Mississippi...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Compiled by Freedom School students, articles in this newspaper discuss various forms of racism in Hattiesburg, slavery, and various perceptions of freedom in America according to...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Virginia Steele, co-coordinator of the Mississippi Summer Project libraries, to librarians, dated August 7, 1964. Steele requests the attendance of library workers at a meeting...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; This edition of the Freedom Press, a production of Freedom School students, contains articles on topics such as canvassing, letters to government officials, and breaking down the barriers...
Transcribed copy of a list of suggestions for teaching methods for teachers in the Mississippi Freedom Project. Suggestions include an emphasis on teaching the students to clearly express their ideas as opposed to an emphasis on grammar and...
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Freedom School student Sharon Hunter sings and claps her hands during a Freedom School class hosted by Morning Star Baptist Church that met during Freedom Summer, 1964 in Hattiesburg,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; An unidentified Freedom School student reading Ebony magazine while lounging on the front porch of a house on Gravel Line Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. A...
Photograph of an article in the July 28, 1993, edition of Student Printz with headline: "Lucas: Nugget starved." President Aubrey Lucas delivers the news that the golden eagle mascot, Nugget, died of malnutrition, not lead poisoning.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Students in a Freedom School class taught by volunteer Arthur Reese read copies of Ebony magazine on the front porch of a house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964.
