From the Hazelton (Margaret J.) Freedom Summer Collection; One black-and-white photograph, taken by Rev. Frazer Thomason, of a community meeting held in a church in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Participants hold hands as they sing "We Shall...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. The worship service program includes the order of the service for Brotherhood Week (held at Temple B'nai Israel, Hattiesburg), lists participants in the service, and includes a letter from President Lyndon...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; This edition of the Freedom Press, a production of Freedom School students, contains articles on topics such as canvassing, letters to government officials, and breaking down the barriers...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Richard Wallmeyer. Two uniformed cleaning women are working in a large room in Paris. The Eiffel Tower is seen through the window, and snow is falling outside. One woman is vacuuming the...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Group photograph of the "Know Mississippi Better" train participants on the 1928 tour. Photo was taken at the Davenport Hotel on 14 August 1928, and includes members of the State Teachers College Band.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Typewritten letter from Lawrence Guyot, Chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to friends of the party, dated May 24, 1965. The letter serves as a briefing on a...
From the Margaret Thatch Hinton Collection. Typewritten letter from R.S. Wilson thanking participants for their involvement in the 1928 tour of the "Know Mississippi Better" train.
Yearbook page with photographs of the Little Symphony and the Opera workshop. Participants in the symphony and the cast of The bartered bride by Bedrich Smetena are listed. From the 1950 Southerner yearbook on page 83.
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) staff to Mississippi Summer Project participants, no date given. The letter informs participants of the 1st orientation session...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Memo from the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) office in Jackson, Mississippi, with instructions to Freedom Summer volunteers about attending the July 21-27 orientation in Oxford Ohio....
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from the Washington, D.C., office of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to Northern supporters and committees on challenge, sent in an attempt to organize the conference...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Black-and-white photograph of participants of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) convention at the Masonic Temple in Jackson, Mississippi.
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...
Oral history.; Peoples discusses his presidency at Jackson State University, racism in the Marine Corps in the 1940s, the Mississippi Humanities Council, and race relations in Mississippi.
Oral history.; Foster discusses the Mississippi Humanities Council, the teaching of African-American history in Mississippi schools, grant writing and funding, and race relations in Mississippi.
