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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Cal Alley. A man with a donkey's head and labeled "Party's plans" is blinded by the flash of a camera being held close to its face. The flash is labeled "Not running--LBJ."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground is part of a desk with a nameplate: "Job of Director...La. Tourist Commission." Filling the rest of the cartoon is a large group of people. A woman is hurrying...
Oral history.; An interview conducted on June 18, 1980 with Charles Hudson Griffin (born 1926). Griffin served in the office of U. S. Congressman John Bell Williams until 1968 when he campaigned for the position himself. He served three terms...
Oral history.; Miss Eleanor Sinclair was born and reared in Pass Christian, Mississippi. She completed the eighth grade, which was the highest grade a black student could complete in public schools at Pass Christian at that time. She worked at...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Statement issued by candidates of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) Clifton Whitley, Ralthus Hayes, Edwin King, Clinton Collier, and Lawrence Guyot, announcing their...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This memorandum on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) letterhead from John Morsell to the presidents of branches, youth councils, college chapters and state...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The calendar explains the steps of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and the dates or time frame of each step.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Text of a November 1964 speech by Robert Moses. He discusses legal difficulties for Blacks and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's reception at the 1964 Democratic convention.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This is a copy of a memorandum from J. Francis Pohlhaus that explains the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge to Dr. John Morsell. The document gives details...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The memorandum from Leon Shull is typed on Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) letterhead that lists the national board members on the reverse side of the page. The content of the memo...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This issue of the Congressional Report records the reports of both the majority and minority opinion of the Committee for Elections of the United States House of Representatives regarding the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The letter from Douglas P. Ferguson to Faye Stender answers questions posed by Ms. Stender concerning the election contest statute, which gives any individual the right to contest the election...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document outlines the events related to the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge that occurred January 4, 1965. It describes the future steps through which...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document explains the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and the stages of the challenge. It also gives voter registration statistics for Mississippi. ...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document lists the objectives of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and sets forth ways that Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) will...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes actions that were taken in the planning and preparation stages of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge. It notes the help that...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document explains the right to vote and Mississippi's history of denying African Americans the right to vote. It discusses what the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's Congressional...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Nancy Ellin that is undated and not addressed to a particular person. Nancy writes of a visit from Joe's friend, Yale professor Dick Bernstein, and Nancy teaching her Freedom School students about the...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Peggy Jean Connor in her place of business, Jean's Beauty Shop, at 510 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, across the street from COFO-Hattiesburg headquarters at 507 Mobile Street,...
