Copy of a typewritten newsletter written in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends, dated December 1954. Discusses their efforts to build a Jewish life in the South, the impact of the May 1954 Supreme Court...
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.
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.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Leaflet composed by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) that describes the political program with regard to the up-coming Democratic National Convention of 1964. Includes...
