From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This flyer advertises a speaking engagement for James Houston, a candidate for the third Congressional district of Mississippi, in 1964. The backside of the flyer explains the Mississippi...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document contains Silas Norman's critique of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) publication, the Student Voice. He notes the content of the publication and suggests that...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Brief document explaining what, where, and why SNCC organizes groups of people for action. Includes some recommendations for more efficient future organizational work.
Transcribed copy of a booklet describing the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Includes the structure and history of the organization as well as a list of COFO programs.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The brochure points out the decision to have the commodity program, the decision to give commodities to people only on welfare, or to give commodities only in winter, are made by the all-white...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Press release by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) regarding the comments of Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi to the press about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the upcoming SCLC...
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; United States Senator James O. Eastland, from Mississippi, defends states' rights and segregation in schools, proclaims the integration efforts of such organizations as the National Advancement for...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report published by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) as part of the Political Education Project gives the history of both the MFDP and the regular Mississippi Democratic...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local people and volunteers cross arms and join hands to sing the anthem of the civil rights movement, "We Shall Overcome," at True Light Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as part of...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Four-page typewritten document entitled "We must be allies...race has led us both to poverty" written by Bruce Maxwell. The document refers to the White Folks Project (WFP), an organized...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of (left to right) Wayne Yancey, Charlie Scales, Ruth Koenig, and unidentified woman on the porch of the original Freedom House in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Collected civil rights-related news reports collected by WATS lines from field offices in various states.
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Collected civil rights related news reports collected by WATS lines from field offices in Mississippi.
Transcribed copy of a summary of the development of Mississippi Freedom Schools, lists of the number of schools and the number of students that attended each. Also includes an account of violent attacks against African Americans in Mississippi...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This update on the Mississippi Summer Project informs Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff of arrests and other obstacles encountered by Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This document contains details of events from July 2-5, 1964, relating to the Mississippi Freedom Project. It describes harassments, scare tactics, threats, and violence that the civil rights...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Newsletter compiled of excerpts from several media sources, such as the Jackson Daily News and the New Orleans Times Picayune, to show the seriousness of the Congressional Challenge. ...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This document by an unknown author maintains that Jews and Communists are brainwashing Americans by using control over the news media to advance views on civil rights. The author accuses Jews and Communists...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local residents and Freedom Summer volunteers at a voter registration meeting held in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during the summer of 1964. Earline Boyd, Marie Blalock, Lenon E. Woods, and...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. Volunteers and local African-American activists meet in a small room to discuss voter registration in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964.
