From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. A record of race-related violence in Mississippi from January 1961 to February 1964, with a brief paragraph for each incident. Illustrated.
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 Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This report by the Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights describes the committee's procedures and lists its members, but it focuses mainly on the allegations of...
Transcribed copy of affidavits describing incidents of harassment and violence in Mississippi during the summer of 1964, not including statements about events considered widely publicized.
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...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; An extensive list of incidents of violence and discrimination in Mississippi in October 1964. The last page of the document lists the officers of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Summary of acts of violence and intimidation against African Americans and civil rights workers that occurred in Mississippi in October 1964. Includes the date, location, and brief...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Report prepared by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) that lists incidents of harassment, discrimination, and violence against African Americans and civil rights...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This letter from Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) summer volunteers, Nancy and Gene Turitz, to friends details the social and political climate of Batesville, Mississippi, in...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The letter from Mel to Sid and Sue gives details about the jail conditions in Jackson, Mississippi, and the treatment of civil rights workers who were arrested for demonstrating there.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Joe and Nancy Ellin to friends, no date given. Describes events in McComb, Mississippi, including the arrests of several civil rights workers and other acts of...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page letter by Kathleen Dahl, a registered nurse and Freedom Summer volunteer in Holly Springs, Mississippi. She writes on behalf of Charles T. Scales, an African-American volunteer and native...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Letter from the staff of the Mississippi Freedom Project to volunteers and friends, written on about October 24, 1964. Discusses the increasing incidents of police misconduct and...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; List of acts of harassment and violence committed against African Americans and civil rights activists in McComb, Mississippi, from June through September 1964. The report provides a...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Betty Garman (Robinson), Atlanta SNCC office, to friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and campus contacts, dated October 28, 1964. Garman reports...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Betty Garman (Robinson), Northern Coordinator for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), to friends of SNCC, campus contacts and others, dated October 27, 1964. ...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. A newsletter, likely from the Holly Springs Freedom House (signed as the Needy Group of Mississippi). Discusses activities during September, including attempts at intimidation on the part of local...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes the inadequate conditions of Beasley School, an African American elementary school in Pheba, Mississippi, in 1965. It gives details of the boycott of the school, which...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes the inadequate conditions of Beasley School, an African American elementary school in Pheba, Mississippi, in 1965. It gives details of the boycott of the school, which...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Essay written by a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary following the bombing of the home of Alyene Quin and the Society Hill Baptist Church. The author...
