From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Telegram from Dr. Israel Zwerling, dated August 4, 1964, sent to President Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Jacob Javits, Senator Kenneth Keating, Congressman William F. Ryan, Congressman Ogden...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection; Copy of a typewritten telegram from Senator Kenneth B. Keating to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, dated June 23, 1964, about the disappearance of two New York civil rights workers, Andrew...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Senator Abraham Ribicoff to Dr. Leo Davidoff, dated July 9, 1964. Ribicoff states he has urged the Justice Department to provide protection for those participating...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Senator Jacob K. Javits to Dr. Israel Zwerling, dated July 7, 1964. Javits thanks Zwerling for his letter about the safety of civil rights workers James Chaney,...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Flyer soliciting support to seat members of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
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 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall to Dr. Israel Zwerling dated September 2, 1964. Burke assures Zwerling of the support of the United States Department of...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Flyer advertising a town hall meeting about civil rights in Mississippi to be held at New York University on August 20, 1964. Lists the panelists involved, and details of date, time, and...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Freedom Vote ballot listing nominees for President, Vice-President, Senator, and 2nd district Congressional seat for the Freedom Democratic Party, Democratic Party, and Republican Party.
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Four-page document that discusses detailed plans for the development of the party, the organizational structure, and its three major challenges: Freedom registration, Freedom candidates,...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Brochure produced by the Mississippi Assistance Project of Hartsdale, New York, to solicit donations of food, clothing, toys, or money for freedom centers in Mississippi.
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten report from the Free Southern Theater, a theatrical group formed by John O'Neal and Gilbert Moses, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The Free...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover and first five pages of a booklet compiled by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Provides a synopsis of the events leading up to and including Freedom Summer 1964....
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection; Carbon copy of a typewritten letter from Dr. Israel Zwerling to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, dated July 13, 1964. Zwerling expresses disdain for the disparaging remarks made by Police...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Confidential, internal newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes descriptions of arrests of civil rights workers, harassment, and beatings by police and...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Discusses the position of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and describes legal barriers confronted by Mississippi...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes articles on the Mississippi Freedom Day in Greenwood, Mississippi, and church bombings across the state since...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes an article about James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, civil rights workers who were murdered in...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Copy of a typewritten document distributed by the New York office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Document outlines the status of various legislative proposals in...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Congressman William F. Ryan to Dr. Israel Zwerling, dated August 31, 1964, in which Ryan assures Zwerling of his advocacy for federal protection for civil rights...
