From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Composition book of Freedom School student Gwendolyn Merritt. Contains the resolutions of the Priest Creek Precinct meeting as well as a brief essay on the Freedom Movement and the Black...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Transcribed copy of an essay written by Freedom School student Vernon Lee Austin. The essay is a modification of the Declaration of Independence written from the perspective of an...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Composition book of Freedom School student Georgia May Byes that contains a modification of the Declaration of Independence which expresses the desires of African Americans in Mississippi...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A large group of people enjoy refreshments outside the Palmers Crossing Community Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at the party celebrating the Center's opening on July 18, 1964. Volunteer...
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...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Volunteers William D. Jones and Susan Patterson talk together shortly after Peter Werner was assaulted in their company while walking in downtown Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Jones, Patterson, and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Compiled by Freedom School students, articles in this newspaper discuss various forms of racism in Hattiesburg, slavery, and various perceptions of freedom in America according to...
From the Whyte (Iain) Civil Right Collection. This collection contains slides from Reverend Whyte's time in Mississippi during the summer of 1964 in Greenville and Jackson. There are two groups of slides: Group A, which Rev. Whyte took himself in...
From the Whyte (Iain) Civil Right Collection. This collection contains slides from Reverend Whyte's time in Mississippi during the summer of 1964 in Greenville and Jackson. There are two groups of slides: Group A, which Rev. Whyte took himself in...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter sent to President Lyndon B. Johnson with Student Voice newspapers in an effort to demonstrate the feelings of some African-American students in Hattiesburg,...
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...
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 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteer Barbara Schwartzbaum, who was a teacher in the Freedom School at Morning Star Baptist Church, and local African American residents sing during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg,...
A four-page typed letter to the Editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette from Joe Ellin [?], dated August 1, 1964. The letter describes the public school system in Hattiesburg and Forrest County, Mississippi. Integration and segregation in the schools and...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Legendary folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger plays his guitar for a Freedom School class at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 4 as part of Freedom Summer,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Legendary folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger gives instruction to Freedom School student Anthony Harris and an unidentified student at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Legendary folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger performs for Freedom School students, local residents, and volunteers in the community center established by Freedom Summer participants at...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Legendary folk singer and social activist Pete Seeger meets with students in a Freedom School class at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 4, 1964, as part of Freedom...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Freedom School student Larry Lee sings during Freedom Summer in Palmers Crossing, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on August 4, 1964. Lee was probably singing during folksinger Pete Seeger's...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 6, 1964. Zwerling updates his parents on his activities, including his efforts to set up contacts in Tunica, Mississippi, for SNCC (Student...
