From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Document prepared for civil rights workers and their families and friends. It lists the legal justifications for federal intervention in civil rights disputes and cites specific legislation that...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memorandum describing the legal basis of the Federal government's authority in dealing with civil rights issues, whether by court action or force.
From the Gordon (Albert F.) Freedom Rider Collection.; Teletype communications from the FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in Mobile to the FBI Director and SAC-S in New Orleans, New York, and Chicago regarding the actions of Freedom Riders...
From the Gordon (Albert F."Freedom Rider" Collection.; Follow-up reports by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the July 9, 1961, arrest of a group of Freedom Riders in Jackson, Mississippi. These follow-ups relate to conviction on breach...
From the Gordon (Albert F.) Freedom Rider Collection.; Report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) concerning the arrest of a group of Freedom Riders on July 9, 1961, in Jackson, Mississippi. Includes details of the incident and information...
From the Gordon (Albert F.) Freedom Rider Collection.; Report from the Special Agent in Charge (SAC), New Orleans, to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), dated October 11, 1961. Includes a summary of actions taken against the...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Five-page document details the Federal chronology of events that took place when three civil rights workers (James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner) disappeared in Philadelphia,...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten letter from Senator Kenneth B. Keating to Dr. Israel Zwerling dated June 23, 1964. Keating responds to Zwerling's telegram about the disappearance of James Chaney, Andrew...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo from COFO director Robert Moses to contacts and parents of students volunteering in Mississippi. Moses writes of the continuing potential for violence and describes steps taken by COFO to...
A two-page photocopied and typed letter from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents] dated July 3, [1964]. The letter describes preparations for the Freedom Schools and the compiling of a "Freedom Booklet." The Ellins talk of the area...
Carbon copy of a 1 1/2-page typed letter, dated July 9, [1964], from Nancy Ellin to an anonymous person(s). The document describes Freedom Schools (curriculum, enrollment, etc.) and the opinions of teachers and students. It also details the local...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) teletype from the Director to the New Orleans office, dated July 10, 1964. Gives instructions to conduct an investigation into an attack on Rabbi...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Untitled Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memo summarizing two statements given to the FBI regarding the attack on Lawrence Spears, David Owen, and Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld on July 10,...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) teletype from the New Orleans office to the Director dated July 11, 1964. Describes the attack on Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld, Lawrence Spears, and David...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) teletype from the New Orleans office to the Director, dated July 12, 1964. Report on the investigation of the attack on Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld, David...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) teletype from the Director to the New Orleans office, dated July 13, 1964. Includes instructions for conducting the investigation of an attack on Rabbi...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo from Alex(" Rosen to Alan ") Belmont dated July 13, 1964, about the attack on Lawrence Spears, David Owen, and Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 10, 1964. The...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo from Alex ") Rosen to Alan ") Belmont dated July 17, 1964, about the attack on Lawrence Spears, David Owen, and Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 10, 1964. The...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Transcript of Lawrence Spears' statement to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the attack against him, David Owens, and Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld on July 10, 1964, in...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo from Alex ") Rosen to Alan ") Belmont dated July 21, 1964, about the attack on Lawrence Spears, David Owen, and Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on July 10, 1964. The...
