From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Brief history of the Council of Federated Organizations, its origins, leaders, and bases of support.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover letter written by Fannie Lou Hamer to the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee regarding the Congressional challenge being conducted by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic P:arty. The...
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 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; SNCC Field Secretaries Bruce Gordon (left) and Cordell Hull Reagon (right) demonstrate with the assistance of a female volunteer how the Freedom Summer volunteers should protect themselves from...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Free Southern Theater actors, from left to right, Denise Nicholas, John O'Neal, and Gilbert Moses perform Martin Duberman's play "In White America" at True Light Baptist Church in Hattiesburg,...
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 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Close-up photograph of SNCC Field Secretary Dona Richards Moses in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. Her husband, Bob Moses, also served as a SNCC Field Secretary as well...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Dorie Ladner, an African American civil rights worker, relaxes on the grass during the second Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Orientation Session at Western College for Women;...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; SNCC Field Secretary Dorie Ladner sits on a chair after speaking to the volunteers on nonviolent self-defense during the second SNCC Orientation Session at Western College for Women located in...
Flyer from the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Double-sided flyer produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as part of a fund raising effort. The front side features a close-up photograph of a SNCC voter registration worker...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local teenager Doug Smith (left) and SNCC Field Secretary Sandy Leigh explain to elderly African American Hattiesburg resident Felix Smith the procedures required in order to register to vote...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Article reprinted from Soul Force, the journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), dated March 31, 1968. Discusses the foundation of SCLC, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The article...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; This photograph shows Dr. Staughton Lynd, Director of the Mississippi Freedom Schools, lecturing to an audience of Freedom School teachers during the second SNCC orientation session held at...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A close-up of an elderly African American man taken during the second SNCC Orientation Session at Western College for Women located in Oxford, Ohio, between June 22 and 27, 1964.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Free Southern Theater actor Eric Weinberger performs in Martin Duberman's play "In White America" at True Light Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 3 as part of Freedom...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The first page of the document explains the statute and grounds that are the basis of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge. It describes each step of the...
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 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Home-made sign announcing two performances on August 3 and 4, 1964, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, by the Free Southern Theater of Martin Duberman's play "In White America"
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Volume 1, Number 1 of the Freedom Carrier records news stories about the Mississippi Freedom Schools and racial violence that occurred in Mississippi in the summer of 1964. The small newsletter...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page document listing names and addresses of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committe (SNCC) Freedom Centers in Michigan, California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Ohio,...
