From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Merrimon Cuninggim (spelled Cunningim in the document) of the Danforth Foundation, dated May 15, 1964. As the Director of the newly-formed Committee of Southern...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover letter from Staughton Lynd and Harold Bardanelli of Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) in Jackson, Mississippi, to Freedom School volunteer teachers. The cover letter gives...
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...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The material provides background information, presents statistics, and gives examples of people who served--and were served by--the Child Development Group of Mississippi (CDGM), a statewide...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Appendix A describes the history of political disenfranchisement of African Americans in Mississippi in detail and notes Civil Rights movement activities that have been taken to restore the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report gives many accounts of bombings, shootings, and assaults perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan in Natchez between the years of 1963 and 1965. It also mentions a court injunction placed on...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report gives background and activity information on the Mississippi Freedom Labor Union (MFLU) to the northern offices. In it, Margaret Lauren notes problems within the organization and...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report records the background of the Southern Regional Council, which was formed in 1944 to improve the economy, society, and race relations in the South by changing related legislation. ...
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...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The report describes Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) projects in Ruleville, Mississippi, in the early 1960s. It illustrates the political positions of specific Mississippi...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter written to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents] by Nancy and Joe Ellin on Thursday, July 9, [1964]. Freedom Schools, problems experienced by colleagues, and teaching experiences are topics discussed in the letter.
A three-page typed letter written by Joseph Ellin to "the Editor of the [Kalamazoo] Gazette," July 10, 1964. The document describes the local violence associated with the movement, the conditions in Hattiesburg, and opinions on desegregation. Also...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Transcribed copy of a letter from Joseph Ellin to the Gazette, dated July 10, 1964. Discusses freedom schools, freedom school students, volunteers, and education. Ellin also discusses the...
From the Kershner (Charles) Papers. A seven page speech by Charles “Chuck” Kershner, the editor of The Student Printz in spring 1964. The speech was delivered during the Symposium on Social Justice held at USM’s Thad Cochran Center on...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A Freedom School class hosted by Morning Star Baptist Church meets during Freedom Summer, 1964 on the lawn outside the church, located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Students who have been...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of (left to right) Bob Smith, U. Z. Nunnally, Annanais McGhee (seated in the background), Howard Jeffries and Barbara Bloomfield on their way to a meeting. Nunnally,...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteer Beth More supervises registration for the Freedom School hosted by Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. In the background is Freedom...
