From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; In an article for The Southern Patriot, Anne Braden notes the confusion of the community and the media over the meaning of the phrase "black power." She clarifies the meaning and usage of the...
Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dated November 11, 1963. The front-page article covers the recent Freedom Vote, in which over 70,000 African-American voters in Mississippi cast ballots. Other articles include...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Copy of an article addressed to the Scott County Times by Erle Johnston, Jr., also labeled as "Chapter 7, Reminiscing: How a Senator was Born." According to this document, James O. Eastland was appointed...
Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; July-August issue of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) bi-monthly newsletter, the Core-Lator. Issue number 107 features an article about the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman,...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; February issue of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) bi-monthly newsletter, the CORE-Lator. Issue number 104 features an article about the first CORE community center, established in...
Zoya Zeman's senior thesis was written after her participation in the Mississippi Freedom Project in the summer of 1964. Putting her work into context, she begins with a description of the background history of Mississippi. Zeman then recounts her...
Rough draft of an article by Terri Shaw submitted to The Antiochian, the alumni publication of Antioch College. It recounts Shaw's experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in 1964. Shaw discusses the training session...
Running summary of various incidents that occurred during the Mississippi Freedom Project, Summer 1964. Organized chronologically, each entry gives the city and the incident. Includes instances of harassment, hostility, and violence against civil...
Transcribed copy of a typewritten letter from P.D. East to friends, dated November 13, 1962, in which East discusses the continuous harassment to which he is subjected in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He also mentions the case of Clyde Kennard, an...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Voice (Vol. 6, no. 6; formerly titled the "Student Voice") is dated December 20, 1965. Includes...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Student Voice (Vol. 6, no. 2) is dated April 30, 1965. Includes articles about the increase of...
From the Margret and Hans Augusto Rey Papers.; Page from article on energy and "industrial nationalization" in an unidentified Italian magazine with cartoons by H.A. Rey undated. 8.5" x 11"
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection contains a typed copy of a diary kept by Jinny Glass from August 7 through August 25, 1964. It records her experiences as a volunteer during Mississippi Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg. The...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; The collection contains eleven handwritten letters, mostly exchanges between Dr. Joseph A. Schwartz and members of his immediate family, as well as a printed scientific article co-authored by Dr. Schwartz...
Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; This collection consists of photocopies of materials collected by Ellen Lake relating to the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project, including correspondence, reports, and a copy of "Last Summer in Mississippi,"...
