Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; Batesville, MS staff joining hands outside. John Maurer writes, "We shall overcome." Left to right: Unidentified woman and man, Claude Weaver, Geoff Cowan, Kathie Amatniek (Sarachild), Luther...
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows Bebe, a cook at Thomas' Sundry, and Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Thomas, owners of Thomas' Sundry, posing in front of the Sundry in Batesville, Mississippi, in July 1964.
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows a bread delivery to Thomas Sundry in Batesville, Mississippi, in July of 1964.
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 Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows two young children, and Luther Buckley, from Batesville, standing in the doorway of the Como, Mississippi, home.
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows an inside room of the Community Center in Batesville, Mississippi, which has Freedom posters on the wall and voter registration materials about the room.
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows Bebe, John B. Maurer, and Mrs. Lamar Thomas in front of Thomas' Sundry in Batesville, Mississippi.
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs. The photograph shows Kathie Amatnick (Sarachild), the first person seen in the photograph, helping an unknown person in the library of the church at Batesville, Mississippi, in July 1964.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This letter from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) summer volunteers, Nancy and Gene Turitz, to friends details the social and political climate of Batesville, Mississippi, in...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A typed letter addressed to Friends that describes their work registering voters in Batesville, Mississippi. The Turitzes also mention local African American leader Robert Miles.
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A typed letter addressed to Friends that describes their work in and around Batesville, Mississippi, on voter registration. They also mention developments in registration across the state. The...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A typed letter addressed to Friends that describes their work in and around Batesville, Mississippi, on voter registration and organizing the Freedom Labor Union there. Also contains a description...
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows civil rights workers helping children use the library of a Batesville, Mississippi, church in July of 1964.
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows two unidentified men working in the library of the Church of God in Batesville, Mississippi, in July 1964.
From the Maurer (John B.) Freedom Summer Photographs; The photograph shows local children using the library at the Church of God in Batesville, Mississippi, in July 1964.
