From the Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. The Report of Operator #79, dated 14 May 1964, is the Sovereignty Commission report regarding infiltration of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO).
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Garry Oniki, Executive Coordinator of the Committee for Racial Justice Now, to Will D. Campbell, stamped May 20, 1964. The writer requests that Campbell write a letter to the Federal...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter from Samuel J. Simmons to Rabbi Ben-Ami is typed on United States Commission on Civil Rights letterhead. The letter notifies Rabbi Ben-Ami of his appointment to the Mississippi Advisory Committee...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This document lists names, addresses and phone numbers of the members of the 1964 Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Details for some members are included, such...
From the Paul B. Johnson Family Papers. Memorandum from Erle Johnston, Jr., director of the Sovereignty Commission, to Herman Glazier, Administrative Assistant for the Office of the Governor, dated 23 July 1964, concerning communism and race...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; List of nine bills signed into law by Mississippi Governor J. P. Coleman. The list was compiled to show Coleman's support of racist policies as demonstrated by his passage of bills...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; List of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission Schedule of payments to the White Citizens Council forum between the years 1960 and 1965.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This newsletter contains six pages of text, largely edited by Eric Blanchard, and ten photographs by Ken Thompson. The newsletter explains the history of voting in Mississippi, the voter...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo from A.L. Hopkins to Erle Johnston, Jr., dated January 26, 1965, printed on Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission letterhead. Discusses the attack on Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld by...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Report for or by the Atlanta office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The report includes information about the economic impact of negative public perceptions of the state...
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 Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Copy of a statement signed by ten Mississippi legislators pledging their support for the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission and commending Erle Johnston for his work on behalf of the organization.
cartoon by Jim Ivey; The "Tallahassee City Commission" tells a young boy, "Hang Your Head on a Hickory Limb, But Don't Go Near the Water." The boy sweats as he looks at a pool representing "Tallahassee City Pools."
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A tow truck labeled "legislative study commission" tows a car with a Capitol dome on its top and labeled "legislative operations." The car is said to be "due for an overhaul."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jim Ivey. In one panel, a cow labeled "Fla. [Florida] milk prices highest in U.S." jumps over the moon, followed by an Apollo spacecraft labeled "FTC" carrying a detective reminiscent of...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; The scene depicts a day at the beach."Organized crime" is shown as an octopus, and this octopus is in pain. A man symbolizing "Crime Commission hearings" bites a sandwich with one of the octopus' arms in it.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a "domed stadium" for a head plays a guitar and sings, "Downtown...Where all the lights are bright...Downtown, Loyola and Poydras...Downtown...Forget all your...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground is part of a desk with a nameplate: "Job of Director...La. Tourist Commission." Filling the rest of the cartoon is a large group of people. A woman is hurrying...
From the Earle E. Johnston Papers. Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Attitudes in Mississippi," written by Erle Johnston in December 1967. Johnston describes what he considers to be the prevailing attitudes in Mississippi in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground is a large traffic signal with two lights, one labeled "Director's hiring and firing powers...Go" and the other "Director's hiring and firing powers...Stop."...
