From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will D. Campbell to Rev. Charles Jones, dated October 12, 1964. Campbell discusses the proposed organization of a group of interracial Churchmen of Mississippi, and his...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover and first five pages of a booklet compiled by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Provides a synopsis of the events leading up to and including Freedom Summer 1964....
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Copy of a typewritten letter from Will Campbell to Rev. Robert C. Dodds, dated November 8, 1962, written in response to a memo from Dodds. Campbell explains his reaction and concerns regarding the proposed...
From the Campbell (Will D.) Papers; Handwritten account of the student walk-out that occurred at Alcorn A & M College (now Alcorn State University) in Mississippi in March 1957. The protest was a result of a controversy related to Professor...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The letter from Robert Beech to Drew Pearson offers corrections and criticism concerning a column written by Pearson that appeared on Christmas Day 1964.
Photocopy of a two-page typed and handwritten letter dated June 12, [1964] from Nancy and Joe Ellin to "Susan and Diane." The first part of the letter (by Nancy) contains household instructions to Susan and Diane, who were house-sitting for the...
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...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to "Mom and Dad" [Joe's parents], dated August 7, 1964. The letter discusses the lack of Freedom School materials and what types of books should be donated to help the cause. It...
Carbon copy of a 1 1/2-page typed letter, dated July 9, [1964], from Nancy Ellin to an anonymous person(s). The document describes Freedom Schools (curriculum, enrollment, etc.) and the opinions of teachers and students. It also details the local...
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. Standing in front of the COFO-Hattiesburg project headquarters at 507 Mobile Street are volunteers Carolyn and Arthur Reese, Co-Coordinators of the COFO-Hattiesburg Freedom Schools during...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Exterior view of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. A mass meeting in support of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) has just...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; A local African American child sits in the doorway of an African American church during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964. Near the child is a hand-lettered sign on crumpled...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs.Three young African American girls sitting together during a Freedom School class at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. Freedom School classes often...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Freedom School student Anthony Harris sits at a table writing in a notebook at the Freedom School hosted by Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964.
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Local activists and volunteers participate in a meeting of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A group of Freedom School volunteers inside the sanctuary of a local African American church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer 1964. Those identified in the photograph are...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; The Free Southern Theater performs Martin Duberman's "In White America" at True Light Baptist Church on August 3 during Freedom Summer in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964. The actors appearing...
From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs; Volunteer Sandra Adickes (center) teaches one of her Freedom School classes at Priest Missionary Baptist Church in Palmers Crossing, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during Freedom Summer, 1964. ...
