Transcribed copy of a typewritten document about the experiences of Jill Wakeman (Goodman) during her stay in Mississippi in the summer of 1966, including her motives for going to Mississippi and the civil rights work she did there. Describes Mount...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Two-page report by Rita Walker about the December 1965 ASCS (Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service) elections in Mississippi's Marshall and DeSoto counties. A federal program, the...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Two-page letter by Rita Walker addressed to Kathleen Dahl. Walker asks Dahl to send clothes and food to Holly Springs, Mississippi. She writes about civil rights workers U.Z. (Nunnally), Howard...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo about the changing educational priorities of SNCC, including a move away from teacher training to the production of educational materials. Discusses a shift in emphasis from voter...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eddie Germano. President Lyndon Johnson pedals in the first seat of a bicycle built for two. Behind him sits Robert F. Kennedy. Johnson apparently thinks Hubert Humphrey sits in the second...
Transcribed copy of a handwritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends dated Saturday, June 25 and Monday, June 27, 1966. Discusses the Meredith March against Fear and the rally held in Jackson afterwards, where speakers included civil...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends dated June 23, 1966, in which she recounts the trip to Hattiesburg, including brief stays in Mt. Beulah and at the home of Reverend Bob Beech. She also comments on her...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from Jill Wakeman (Goodman) to friends, dated July 8, 1966, in which she discusses her friendship with Mrs. Simms, her hostess in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She also includes details about her experiences...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Press release by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) regarding the comments of Senator James O. Eastland of Mississippi to the press about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the upcoming SCLC...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Four-page letter written by Rita Walker to Kathleen Dahl. Walker writes about organizational problems with, presumably, individuals from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Atlanta,...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Three-page letter by Rita Walker addressed to Kathleen Dahl and her family. Walker, a native of Holly Springs, writes to Dahl about area politics, her efforts at voter education and voter...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with a globe for a head is climbing up the side of a mountain. He is using a pick and has a rope over his shoulder. The ledge he is about to reach is labeled, "21-nation...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The backdrop is a graph with gridlines and two bars rising from the X axis labeled "Debt ceiling" and "New debt ceiling needs." The second bar is much taller than the first....
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Booklet produced by the Bolivar County Education Committee with detailed information about politics and education in Bolivar County and the state of Mississippi. Outlines the basic government structure in...
DescriptionFrom the Mantinband (Rabbi Charles) Papers. Article comprised of excerpts from a diary kept by Rabbi Charles Mantinband in 1962 when he served as chairman for the Mississippi Division of the Southern Regional Council. Includes...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Fundraising letter with accompanying television transcript dated April 24[?], 1967. The letter and transcript are about the legal difficulties of the Louisiana-based Southern Consumers' Education...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Typewritten letter from Kenneth Dean to Robert Nash dated April 4, 1967, in which Dean voices his concerns about the continued racial violence and discrimination in Mississippi. Dean describes an incident...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A sign on a pole next to the curb reads, "Positively no parkng anytime zone." A truck and several cars are piled up under the sign. A man nearby says, "What about THIS zoning...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A map of Louisiana is the backdrop for this cartoon. A man whose head and neck are a pipe wrench sits at the edge of a manufacturing facility. The sign above the factory reads,...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Letter from Rita Walker to Kathy Dahl. Walker writes from Aurora, Illinois, about the lack of jobs in Mississippi. She writes that African Americans did not make use of opportunities to talk to...
