From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated May 26, 1964, and titled "Whites Organize to Oppose Mississippi Summer Project." Statement warns those...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Flyer advertising a town hall meeting about civil rights in Mississippi to be held at New York University on August 20, 1964. Lists the panelists involved, and details of date, time, and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; News release by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) reporting the police beating of Joe Schwartz, a COFO worker. Schwartz was stopped by police and beaten after an office...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Nancy and Joe Ellin to the Kalamazoo Council on Human Relations, dated September 23, 1964. Requests that supporters of the Civil Rights Movement write letters to...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Typewritten report from the Free Southern Theater, a theatrical group formed by John O'Neal and Gilbert Moses, members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The Free...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Confidential, internal newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes descriptions of arrests of civil rights workers, harassment, and beatings by police and...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Discusses the position of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and describes legal barriers confronted by Mississippi...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes articles on the Mississippi Freedom Day in Greenwood, Mississippi, and church bombings across the state since...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes an article about James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner, civil rights workers who were murdered in...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Copy of a typewritten document distributed by the New York office of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Document outlines the status of various legislative proposals in...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Brochure distributed by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in support of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Discusses the requirements for participation in the...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Includes articles about the Mississippi Freedom Summer project, attacks against civil rights workers in Mississippi, and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Application for participation in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Washington Lobby to be held June 13-July 14, (1964?"
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Program for a Town Hall meeting held at New York University on August 20, 1964. The meeting,"Hearing on Mississippi," featured panelists listening to another group testify on their...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. This two-part document includes a copy of a press release given by the Young Democrats Club of the University of Illinois regarding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. A copy of a speech given by...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff to a Freedom Summer volunteer, dated May 18, 1964. The letter informs the recipient that he/she has been...
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...
Pamphlet from the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Pamphlet designed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to inform civil rights workers of their legal rights if arrested and questioned by the police. Prepared in reaction to a...
Flyer from the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Double-sided flyer produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) as part of a fund raising effort. The front side features a close-up photograph of a SNCC voter registration worker...
Flyer from the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Flyer distributed by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used to publicize the upcoming Freedom Vote. The cover features three black-and-white photographs depicting life in Mississippi...
