From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; In this memo, lawyers for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party present and address questions that were raised regarding the legality of the 1964 Congressional Challenge. The authors cite...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brief memorandum regarding the legal authority of the federal government in matters related to civil rights. According to the memo, the federal government has the authority in court to...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Ray Money, Jr., a freshman at Georgia Tech, is interested in taking part in a work-study program mentioned in a Council of Federated Organizations memo. He is uncertain about how useful he can...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated July 24, 1964. Discusses the success of recent precinct meetings as well as work for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Zwerling also...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Rev. Robert C. Dodds, dated November 8, 1962, written in response to a memo from Dodds. Campbell explains his reaction and concerns regarding the proposed...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Form letters and a memo that would have been sent to applicants who were accepted as freedom school teachers for 1964, including some orientation and curriculum information. Also, a memo from...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document from [?] Whitman relates some of his experiences networking for the AFL-CIO and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and the possible allying of the labor movement with...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Report by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent of the New Orleans office on the progress of the investigation of the attack on Lawrence Spears, David Owen, and Rabbi Arthur...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document from Margie [?] recounts a meeting with Rev. Harris, an African American minister whose church was used as a Freedom School.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover memo from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to friends of MFDP explaining upcoming activities, requesting financial and political support, and transmitting a four-page report....
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document from Nelson Blackstock recounts a meeting of a few Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) workers with a local man involved in organizing labor unions. It also gives an account...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo, presumably written by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated June 22, 1964, regarding the disappearance of three civil rights workers in Mississippi. James...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. The unknown author recounts a conversation with a group of students from Biloxi High School about school desegregation.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. recounts a visit of two Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) workers with Mr. George, the Assistant Principal of Biloxi High School.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document records the minutes of a meeting of Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) workers. It reports what each worker is working on and what they will work on in the future. It also...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Untitled Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memo summarizing two statements given to the FBI regarding the attack on Lawrence Spears, David Owen, and Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld on July 10,...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document records the minutes of a meeting of White Folks Project workers. Topics individual worker reports on contacts made that day and the possibility of organizing discussion groups in...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document records the minutes of a meeting covering daily miscellany of White Folks Project workers.
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document reports the minutes of a White Folks Project meeting that covered discussions on volunteer housing management, disorganization of the project, and the need for better group...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document is p. [1] and p. 3 of a memo that describes the physical environment and atmosphere of the Mississippi Freedom Project office in Biloxi. The progress and routine of the Freedom...
