From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Statement to Attorney General Ramsey Clark compiled by the National Committee for Free Elections in Sunflower (NCFES) and delivered by a delegation led by Congressman William F. Ryan and Bayard Rustin....
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Decision of the United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, in the case of Fannie Lou Hamer, et all., vs. Cecil C. Campbell, et al., handed down on March 11, 1966. The Court ruled to postpone the upcoming...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Report dated May 7 from a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) workshop held in Sunflower, Mississippi, led by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams). Lists those in attendance and the issues and...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report describes Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) projects in Ruleville, Mississippi, in the early 1960s. It illustrates the political positions of specific Mississippi...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes 1965 voting legislation in Sunflower County that did away with literacy tests in the voter registration process. The report mentions the violent reactions of some...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Student Voice (Vol. 6, no. 2) is dated April 30, 1965. Includes articles about the increase of...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) describing the political and economic situation in Sunflower County, Mississippi. Includes a summary of the Fifth Circuit Court...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) describing the progress made in Sunflower County, Mississippi, with regard to the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Document prepared to raise funds for the National Committee for Free Elections in Sunflower. Sunflower is described as a town in Mississippi. Discusses the challenges faced by African Americans who attempt...
