Oral history.; Mr. Jack Raymond Reed was born on May 19, 1924, in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1941, Mr. Reed graduated from Tupelo High School and he then entered the military and World War II as part of the Signal Intelligence Service, U.S. Army of...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memorandum from the Washington office to support organizations of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) explains the political tactics that the MFDP will use to push for a decision...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Statement released by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to publicize the fact that eight people were arrested in Belzoni, Mississippi, and remained in jail on charges...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Statement issued by candidates of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Clifton Whitley, Ralthus Hayes, Edwin King, Clinton Collier, and Lawrence Guyot, announcing their...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. End of summer report by Kathy Dahl written for the Medical Committee for Human Rights. The first half outlines basic medical care conditions for African Americans in the Holly Springs area; the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Article reprinted from Soul Force, the journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), dated March 31, 1968. Discusses the foundation of SCLC, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The article...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Copy of a typewritten document that provides guidelines for parents of New York area students who have committed to participate in Mississippi Freedom Project in 1964. Parents are...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; David Fogel writes to Cathy Jones on Marin County letterhead to thank her for the use of the returned material, requests additional copies of the material for himself, and for the Mississippi...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Proposed plan of action for Mississippians who will take part in the Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C., in the spring of 1968. The Poor People's Campaign was sponsored and organized by the...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Essay written by Campbell in which he addresses the topics of race relations and Christian action toward those who support segregation. He notes that Christians should embrace the differences among humans and...
From the Gordon (Albert F.) Freedom Rider Collection.; Teletype communications from the FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Mobile to the FBI Director and SAC-S in New Orleans, New York, and Chicago regarding the actions of Freedom Riders...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Describes the need for developing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and outlines the reasons for challenging the seating of the regular Mississippi Democratic Party at the Democratic...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This handbook was produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" It includes an introduction of Mississippi political programs, voter registration, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Memo from the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF). Notifies interested parties of the May 13 trial of H. Rap Brown, chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, in New Orleans on a weapons...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Brief document explaining what, where, and why SNCC organizes groups of people for action. Includes some recommendations for more efficient future organizational work.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memorandum describing the legal basis of the Federal government's authority in dealing with civil rights issues, whether by court action or force.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Jon Else, presumably of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to all college contacts, dated November 1, 1964. Labeled "Urgent," the memo encourages immediate...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; With statistical tables that depict and support the view that poverty is a disturbing reality in Mississippi, the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson proposes a systematic training and redevelopment...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter from Mrs. Smith expresses her dismay at the forced resignation of Rabbi David Z. Ben-Ami from Temple B'nai Israel for his civil rights activities, about which she read in Drew Pearson's Christmas...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report gives details about the economic shut out of poor African Americans that occurred during the 1960s due to greater plantation mechanization. The report includes transcribed meetings...