Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
Transcribed copy of an essay on African-American history from 1900-1964, written by Otis Pease for Mississippi Freedom Project workers. Includes brief biographies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and mentions the Myrdal study.
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
Transcribed copy of a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) report of the results of the June 7, 1966, primary elections in Mississippi. Although the MFDP candidates did not win the primaries, members of the party were encouraged by the large...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Report published by Southern Regional Council and American Civil Liberties Union. The report discusses aspects of the Southern judicial system, including inequality in sentencing, all-white...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo proposing a study institute for SNCC workers to be held in Waveland, Mississippi, after a staff retreat. The institute was designed to heighten awareness of political, social, and economic...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. A compendium of political information about Mississippi, including voting and election rules, party and nomination rules, and chapters on federal, state, county, and municipal government. Also...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This transcription of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) chairman John Lewis's address to the Equal Rights Subcommittee of the Democratic National Committee explains what SNCC is...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This publication of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) explains what the Freedom Vote is and why it is necessary in Mississippi. It discusses many ways that African Americans have...
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; This legal notice to James L. Whitten from Fannie Lou Hamer announces Ms. Hamer's intent to contest his 19-64 election to the United States House of Representatives from the 2nd Congressional...
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; This is a publicity document published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to encourage people outside the state of Mississippi to support the MFDP's Congressional challenge. The...
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; This document sets out plans for the 1965 Congressional challenge by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) that sought to unseat the five Mississippi Congressmen elected in the regular...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document relates the history of the election contest statute (Title 2 U. S. C. Section 201) and sets forth the main objections of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to the 1964...
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 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...
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. ...
