From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report describing the beginning of the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union (MFLU), which was founded in Shaw, Mississippi, to work for higher wages for cotton choppers and truck drivers. ...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Betty Garman, Northern coordinator for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), to SNCC volunteers. Garman thanks the volunteers and solicits...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Statement by John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), issued on May 17, 1965, in support of the Congressional Challenge of the Mississippi Freedom...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Transcribed copy of an essay written by Freedom School student Vernon Lee Austin. The essay is a modification of the Declaration of Independence written from the perspective of an...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Dick [Richard Bernstein] to Joe Ellin, dated July 29, 1964. Discusses time spent in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and commends Joe on his contribution to the civil...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Resolution proposed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) stating the need for and aims of the MFDP. According to the resolution, the MFDP was created in response to the...
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...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; List of Freedom Summer offices in Mississippi; some entries include address and telephone numbers.
Flyer from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Flyer advertising a Freedom Workshop entitled "Organizing for Equality," to be held on August 19, 1964.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) reporting the police beating of Joe Schwartz, a COFO worker. Schwartz was stopped by police and beaten after an office...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Notice addressed to teachers from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) regarding the up-coming precinct meeting of the party in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, scheduled for July 25,...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Letter from Phyl (last name unknown) of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) to Joseph and Nancy Ellin, dated February 11, 1965. Discusses depositions taken for the Mississippi...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Nancy and Joe Ellin to the Kalamazoo Council on Human Relations, dated September 23, 1964. Requests that supporters of the Civil Rights Movement write letters to...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report describing the voter registration program of the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" Mentions accomplishments and future plans of COFO, as well as plans of the Mississippi...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Application for participation in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Washington Lobby to be held June 13-July 14, (1964?"
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report describing the plan for the Freedom Schools, part of the Mississippi Freedom Project. Includes the purpose and curriculum for the schools, specifically academic, citizenship,...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter on official letterhead from Assistant Attorney General John Doar to Mrs. Joseph Ellin, dated February 15, 1965, written in response to a letter written by Mrs. Ellin on...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff to a Freedom Summer volunteer, dated May 18, 1964. The letter informs the recipient that he/she has been...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Guidelines for conducting phone calls to influential persons in an effort to solicit Federal support for civil rights workers in Mississippi. Compiled after the murder of three civil...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Mississippi Summer Project staff to Mississippi Community Center workers (no date) regarding plans for the community centers to be set up as part of the Mississippi Freedom...
