From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in an armchair has been reading a book, his feet on the footstool. The book is being tossed to the floor, and the man has put his hands on the chair arms and is lifting...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; In this memo, lawyers for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party present and address questions that were raised regarding the legality of the 1964 Congressional Challenge. The authors cite...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A man wearing a graduation robe and mortarboard kicks his heels together in excitement. He holds a rolled-up diploma labeled "'68," and the gown is labeled "Electoral college...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Statement to Attorney General Ramsey Clark compiled by the National Committee for Free Elections in Sunflower (NCFES) and delivered by a delegation led by Congressman William F. Ryan and Bayard Rustin....
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Appendix C explains the history and platform of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), lists the executive committee members, and sets out a plan for the Congressional challenge. ...
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 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Reprint of Stokely Carmichael's article, What we want, which had been published in The New York Review of Books. Carmichael discusses Black power, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...
From the Political Campaign Collection. Campaign handout for Fielding L. Wright, candidate for Governor of Mississippi. The Pontotoc County Campaign Committee for Fielding L. Wright created this handout for the first primary election,held on 5...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Newsletter from Benton County describing the election of black residents to local public office; also contains news on the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and details on legal issues...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Newsletter from Benton county; provides details on local elections and the voting difficulties of local blacks. Also includes poetry and a section on negro history.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards is holding two books; the covers are labeled "State budget" and "Voting records." A man labeled "Legislature" bites down on a very large bullet....
Booklet from the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Booklet distributed by the Coordinating Committee for Fundamental American Freedoms in an effort to explain the origin and purpose of the Civil Rights Act of 1963. The authors argue that 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...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Brief memorandum regarding the legal authority of the federal government in matters related to civil rights. According to the memo, the federal government has the authority in court to...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; "A Call to Action" issued by the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches, requesting the support of churches for the Congressional Challenge effort led by the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The Clay County, Mississippi, project report notes the progress and proceedings of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) ongoing political and economic programs and mentions ideas...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Poster produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) that reads "Now with your hand, pull the lever down." Voting booth levers are labeled Justice, Equality, and Freedom. Also shows...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document records vote tallies for the 1964 "Freedom Vote" supported by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)" The "Freedom Vote" was designed to demonstrate African American...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document explains the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party's (MFDP) Congressional challenge and the stages of the challenge. It also gives voter registration statistics for Mississippi. ...
