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...
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.
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 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Nancy Ellin to the editor of the Gazette, dated December 10, 1964, in reaction to a speech given by acting Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach. Ellin voices her...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to friends, no date given. Describes events in McComb, Mississippi, including the arrests of several civil rights workers and other acts of...
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 AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The grandstand at the Louisiana Derby is in the background of the cartoon. In the foreground, a man wearing a trench coat, labeled "FBI," carries a briefcase labeled, "BRILAB,"...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter on official letterhead from Assistant Attorney General John Doar to Mrs. Joseph Ellin, dated February 15, 1965, written in response to a letter written by Mrs. Ellin on...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated September 21-22, 1964, on two bombings in Pike County, Mississippi. The home of Alyene Quin and the Society Hill...
