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...
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...
Transcribed copy of an essay on African-American history from 1900-1964, written by Otis Pease for Mississippi Freedom Project workers. Includes brief biographies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois, and mentions the Myrdal study.
From the Earle E. Johnston Papers. Transcribed copy of a typewritten document entitled "Attitudes in Mississippi," written by Erle Johnston in December 1967. Johnston describes what he considers to be the prevailing attitudes in Mississippi in the...
Transcribed copy of a paper about racism in Mississippi during the 1960s. Follows the tribulations of college students who volunteered to register African Americans to vote during Freedom Summer. With regard to racism and white supremacy,...
Transcribed copy of a booklet describing the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Includes the structure and history of the organization as well as a list of COFO programs.
Transcribed copy of a document detailing the curriculum of Freedom Schools. Begins with a Table of Contents showing the major curriculum divisions: academic, citizenship, and recreational and artistic. Also gives details of activities and materials...
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...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Facsimile created by Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., in 1985. Verse adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood written and designed by Lydia L.A. Very. Title from illustrated paper cover. Toy...
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. Published in London by George Routledge and Sons. The covers and end-papers were designed by the artist. Errata and addenda inserted between pages 8 and 9.
From the Rare Books Collection. This book is a salesman's copy designed to be a preview of a book not yet published. It is comprised of irregularly numbered sample pages and illustrations, a register to record subscribers' names, and examples of...
From the Hattiesburg Historical Photographs; Photograph of locomotive number 207, designed for pulling logs, circa early 1900s. Several men and women are posed on the engine. 5" x 3"
From the McLoughlin Brothers Papers. Six-part color separated print of front and back cover from I Made It Myself, designed by Louise Tessin and published by McLoughlin Brothers.
From the de Grummond Children's Books collection. By Clement C. Moore. Published in Boston by The Atlantic Monthly Press, in 1921. Known under the title: The night before Christmas. "Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by William Edwin Rudge,...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. An address to SNCC staff members and/or civil rights workers and a list of approximately 200 questions about Mississippi history and government. The questions are designed for use as part of the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo proposing a study institute for SNCC workers to be held in Waveland, Mississippi, after a staff retreat. The institute was designed to heighten awareness of political, social, and economic...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The proposal explains plans for a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) sponsored project to teach young people (particularly African Americans) skills that will help them to find...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. A 1963 pamphlet designed to appeal to potential donors; briefly outlines SNCC's history, power structure, activities, present and past achievements.
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; Report of the planned programs for Freedom Summer of 1964. Beginning with a quote from James Silver's book Mississippi: The Closed Society, the prospectus discusses issues such as goals of the Mississippi...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Pamphlet designed to educate Black Mississippians about the Council of Federated Organizations and Mississippi Freedom Summer.
