From the Zoya Zeman Freedom Summer Collection. Thirty-six pages (typewritten and handwritten) recounting Zoya Zeman's experiences in Mississippi from June 24, 1964, through September 6, 1964.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph taken in September 1964 of Zoya Zeman, Carolyn Lane, and friends. It shows Zeman and Lane standing in front of a building with an unidentified man and child in Clarksdale, Mississippi....
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of Zoya Zeman and two unidentified civil rights workers in a Freedom office, taken by Zoya Zeman's father, Dr. Erwin D. Zeman.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph taken in September 1964 of Zoya Zeman and Etrulla Trotter. It shows the two women standing in a doorway posing for the picture.
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. This two-part document includes a copy of a press release given by the Young Democrats Club of the University of Illinois regarding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. A copy of a speech given by...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A young African American woman of Hattiesburg takes notes during a meeting of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Close-up of a young African American woman singing during a meeting of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Fifteen-page pamphlet published by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)" The pamphlet includes a summarized history of SNCC and a how-to guide for parties interested in...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Volunteers William D. Jones and Susan Patterson talk together shortly after Peter Werner was assaulted in their company while walking in downtown Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Jones, Patterson, and...
From the Whyte (Iain) Civil Right Collection. This collection contains slides from Reverend Whyte's time in Mississippi during the summer of 1964 in Greenville and Jackson. There are two groups of slides: Group A, which Rev. Whyte took himself in...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated May 26, 1964, and titled "Whites Organize to Oppose Mississippi Summer Project." Statement warns those...
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This flyer advertises a speaking engagement for James Houston, a candidate for the third Congressional district of Mississippi, in 1964. The backside of the flyer explains the Mississippi...
Transcribed copy of a booklet describing the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Includes the structure and history of the organization as well as a list of COFO programs.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The brochure points out the decision to have the commodity program, the decision to give commodities to people only on welfare, or to give commodities only in winter, are made by the all-white...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Press release by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) regarding the comments of Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi to the press about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the upcoming SCLC...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as part of the Political Education Project gives the history of both the MFDP and the regular Mississippi Democratic...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local people and volunteers cross arms and join hands to sing the anthem of the civil rights movement, "We Shall Overcome," at True Light Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as part of...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Four-page typewritten document entitled "We must be allies...race has led us both to poverty" written by Bruce Maxwell. The document refers to the White Folks Project (WFP), an organized...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of (left to right) Wayne Yancey, Charlie Scales, Ruth Koenig, and unidentified woman on the porch of the original Freedom House in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
