From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The document describes a plan to revamp and enlarge the communications department of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) so that it plays a greater role in the civil rights...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; Four-page typewritten document entitled "We must be allies...race has led us both to poverty" written by Bruce Maxwell. The document refers to the White Folks Project (WFP), an organized...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. This document contains details of events from July 2-5, 1964, relating to the Mississippi Freedom Project. It describes harassments, scare tactics, threats, and violence that the civil rights...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Nine-page typewritten document entitled, *Voter Registration Laws in Mississippi: Subversion of the Fifteenth Amendment in Mississippi;* presumably part of the curriculum training...
From the Spight (Thomas) Letters. Pages from a diary written by Thomas Spight, Spight, a member of the 34th Mississippi Infantry during the Civil War, dated 18 March - 14 April 1865. Spight describes his unit's march from Augusta, Georgia,...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Brochure designed by the Southern Conference Educational Fund (SCEF) to inform people of the economic problems in the South and to encourage poor whites to join forces with Blacks to work for economic and...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This brochure describes the United States Congress and its functions. It also explains what the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) is and why it is challenging the 1964 election...
From the Spears (Lawrence D.) Civil Rights Collection. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) teletype from the New Orleans office to the Director dated July 11, 1964. Describes the attack on Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld, Lawrence Spears, and David...
Transcript of a speech given to teachers during training for the Mississippi Freedom Project in 1963. Describes some of the problems faced by African Americans, especially children, in the 1960s. Includes personal experiences and observations of...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Diane [?] describes a meeting between four Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) workers and a small faculty group at Millsaps and a visit to the Unitarian Church in Long Beach,...
From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. Newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Discusses the position of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and describes legal barriers confronted by Mississippi...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Three-page statement written by John Lewis, chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963-1966. Lewis's statement compares the struggle for equal rights for African...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) staff newsletter describes some of the struggles within the organization and explains a plan for a summer project in Washington, D. C.
Transcribed copy of a speech given by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) during her campaign for the United States Senate in 1964. Discusses Section I, Title I of the Civil Rights Bill and its effects on African Americans in Mississippi. Also describes...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report on the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR)" Gives background information about the program and describes its goals, which include...
From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One-page report published in association with the Mississippi Freedom Project. The report describes the Federal Programs Project, which made information about legal and financial aid more...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes 1965 voting legislation in Sunflower County that did away with literacy tests in the voter registration process. The report mentions the violent reactions of some...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This document compiled by Guy and Candie Carawan includes four "Freedom Songs" excerpted from We Shall Overcome (New York: Oak Publishers. 1963) and an introduction that describes the origins of...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Describes the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), its structure and leadership, history, programs, and future plans.
From the McCain (William D.) Pamphlet Collection; The pamphlet presents the southern rationale for segregation, and describes African Americans as having an inherent deficiency in mental ability, and a natural indolence.