From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteer Johanna "Johnnie" Winchester, whose responsibilities included voter registration education, stands in the foreground. In the background Sandy Leigh, SNCC Field Secretary and...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Three civil rights activists have a discussion. They are, from left to right, volunteer Lorne Cress, Director of the COFO-Hattiesburg Community Centers, Sandy Leigh, SNCC Field Secretary and...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection.; Photograph of Heidi Dole (left) and Zoya Zeman (right) taken in the spring of 1964 at a wedding anniversary party for Zeman's parents.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. SNCC staff member Marion Davidson serving hot dogs to local children during a party celebrating the opening of the Palmers Crossing Community Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 18,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Three African American civil rights activists meet outside Freedom Summer headquarters at 507 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi: (left to right) Reverend W.D. Ridgeway; SNCC Field...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Engaged in discussion are two civil rights activists in Palmers Crossing, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. On the left is volunteer Lorne Cress, Director of the...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Five African American girls from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, pose for the camera in front of True Light Baptist Church during Freedom Summer, 1964. They are (from left to right) Otis Ruth Travis,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local residents and volunteers standing outside the community center established in Palmers Crossing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. The meeting was likely...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Compiled by Freedom School students, articles in this edition of the student newspaper include topics such as the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, discrimination, slavery, and the...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. SNCC Field Secretary Sandy Leigh, Director of the COFO-Hattiesburg Project, lectures on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to Freedom School students and their teachers at True...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Local African-American children (left to right) Henry Lee and Lawrence Dantzler enjoy hot dogs and cold drinks at the party celebrating the opening of the Palmers Crossing Community Center...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A group of local African American youths on the front porch of a house in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. Two signs reading "MFDP" (for Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Close-up of local activist Levater Jackson, taken near the COFO-Hattiesburg project headquarters at 507 Mobile Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. Jackson was a...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Palmers Crossing teenagers Mary E. Stepps (left) and Jimmella Stokes (right) assist with registration at a table located outdoors at Palmers Crossing in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Guests at the party celebrating the opening of the Palmers Crossing Community Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 18, 1964, enjoy refreshments on the grass outside the building. Local...
Letter written from Natchez, Mississippi, on 11 December 1864, by Thomas C. Prescott, a member of the 8th New Hampshire Infantry, and one of the more than 4500 Federal troops occupying Natchez. The letter contains personal comments on living...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter published by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" Topics in this issue include a sit-in in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, racial violence and discrimination, the Free...
One letter written by U. S. Brigadier General Boyle to his wife while he was in camp outside Jackson, Mississippi. The shelling of Jackson, the discovery of Jefferson Davis' papers, and events connected with the 3rd Texas Cavalry are detailed. ...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brief descriptions of the programs scheduled by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) for Winter 1964 through Spring 1965. The programs are an extension of the Mississippi Summer...
Memoir written by Jack E. Pitts, a private soldier in Company K, First Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Army, of his experiences in General J.E.B. Stuart's raid around the Army of the Potomac outside of Richmond, Virginia, in the summer of 1862. Pitts...
