From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This collection of documents about pending voting legislation in the 1960s. On the first page, James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality encourages all branches of the civil rights...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. News release by Congressman Charles McC. Mathias, Jr., announcing his support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Expresses his belief that the bill is necessary to protect voting rights and abolish the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. News release of a statement made on the floor of the House of Representatives by Congressman Charles McC. Mathias of Maryland, announcing his support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Also discusses some...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A young man walks along a sidewalk holding a piece of paper labeled "Voting at eighteen." Two hands reach down and pat him on the head. The sleeve of one hand is labeled "Goldwater,"...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document discusses the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Congressional Challenge and the Voting Rights Act of 1965." It explains that if the act passes, but the election challenge...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; "A Call to Action" issued by the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches, requesting the support of churches for the Congressional Challenge effort led by the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Arthur Henrikson. A very tall, slim young man labeled "18, 19, 20 year olds" is shown in the center of the cartoon. On one side of him, a donkey labeled "Dem." [Democrat] stands, leaning...
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 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.; Interview conducted on March 23, 1977 with Mr. Jimmy Swan. Swan was born in Cullman County, Alabama. He ran away from home when he was thirteen or fourteen and ended up in Wayne County, Mississippi. Swan sang in nightclubs and...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Appendix C explains the history and platform of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), lists the executive committee members, and sets out a plan for the Congressional challenge. ...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. A compendium of political information about Mississippi, including voting and election rules, party and nomination rules, and chapters on federal, state, county, and municipal government. Also...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document explains the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and the stages of the challenge. It also gives voter registration statistics for Mississippi. ...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Transcribed copy of a letter from Joseph Ellin to the Gazette, dated July 10, 1964. Discusses freedom schools, freedom school students, volunteers, and education. Ellin also discusses the...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Lawrence Guyot, dated September 28, 1965, in which he reports that the challenge of the 1964 Congressional election in Mississippi was dismissed by Congress. ...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. Richard Nixon, carrying a paper labeled, "Political settlement through free elections," walks up to a voting booth set up outdoors in Vietnam. The booth curtains are open, and...
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...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document records vote tallies for the 1964 "Freedom Vote" supported by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)" The "Freedom Vote" was designed to demonstrate African American...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Document alleging conspiracy between Governor Paul B. Johnson, Mississippi White Citizens' Councils, and state business and political leaders in the drafting and approval of new voting...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Unit VII, Part 2 of a larger document. The information is to educate Freedom School teachers and prepare them to converse on topics covered, including the history and goals of the Council of...
