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...
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 Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Application to register to vote in Mississippi, containing a list of twenty-one questions for the applicant to answer and instructions on how to complete the voter registration process.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This pamphlet describes the efforts of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) with the Mississippi Freedom Project through voter registration, freedom schools, community centers,...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This pamphlet explains what the Mississippi Summer Project is and how supporters can help this cause. It details the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) plans for voter registration...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Booklet produced by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) about Mississippi voter registration policies in the 1960's.
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Two-sided tri-fold brochure about the Freedom Registration drive sponsored by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" COFO explains who can register, how and where to register, and...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This handbook was produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO)" It includes an introduction of Mississippi political programs, voter registration, the Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This five-page document provides background and justification for the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Project. It gives a description of the project, the importance of community centers and voter...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Nancy Ellin that is undated and not addressed to a particular person. Nancy writes of a visit from Joe's friend, Yale professor Dick Bernstein, and Nancy teaching her Freedom School students about the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Jack Jurden; A man wearing a suit labeled "Voter apathy" stands inside a cauldron with his hands behind his back. His eyes are closed and his head is tilted so that his nose is in the air. The...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson;"Percy" takes an arm of a lounging "Illinois voter" and says,"Get up and realize your potential!"Douglas" pushes the voter back down and says,"Relax--you've never had it so good!"
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Brochure describing the mission and motivations of the James E. Chaney Institute of Laurel, Mississippi, incorporated in 1993. Includes biographical information on James Earl Chaney and defines...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large set of balance scales is labeled, "Recent voting patterns in Jefferson Parish." On the heavier side, labeled "30 percent voting (including the political bosses)" is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A professor in academic regalia wears a huge mortar board that appears as a conference room table. On the table are papers set out in eight places plus two [ashtrays?], and the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Article reprinted from Soul Force, the journal of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), dated March 31, 1968. Discusses the foundation of SCLC, led by Martin Luther King, Jr. The article...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A voter stands before a curtained voting booth that has a sign that reads, "Vote on 2 proposed constitutional amendments." Above the voting booth on the wall is a sign that...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. Shirley Temple Black stands on a stage and speaks to an audience. She holds a large paper labeled, "Politics." The curtain above Black's head is labeled,"Famous Entertainers Series."...