Oral history.; Interview conducted on October 21, 1996 with Mr. Charles Cobb (born 1943) in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 1962, he was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) field secretary in Ruleville, Mississippi, where he and...
Oral history.; Mr. King T. Evans was born on March 19, 1913 near Uniontown, Alabama, in Perry County. In 1925, Mr. Evans moved to Mississippi with his parents. His father was a mechanic and farmer. For a brief period, Mr. Evans attended the...
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 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Prospectus for the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer, likely produced by the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO). Contains justification for the project and its timing, also contains...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. Six-page prospectus for a summer Freedom School Program, written by Charles Cobb. The prospectus explains the goals of the program, itemizes a projected budget and describes plans for staffing and...
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; Freedom Information Service (FIS), publisher of the pamphlet,"Prospectus for the Freedom Information Service," provides sharing of information, ideas, and experiences, and provides resource...
