Finding aid for manuscript collection. ; In his three-page memoir, Shonholtz recounts his experiences as a Freedom Summer volunteer, including his acquaintance with Dr. Aaron Henry, a Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party representative. For the...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Constitution and by-laws of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Printed in Atlanta, Georgia, the pamphlet consists of a preamble and seven articles that govern the proceedings of the SCLC....
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Cover memo from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to Mississippi Summer Project volunteers requesting for volunteers for the Freedom vote to be held October 31-November 2, 1964. The...
From the Zeman (Zoya) Freedom Summer Collection. Describes the need for developing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and outlines the reasons for challenging the seating of the regular Mississippi Democratic Party at the Democratic...
cartoon by Arthur Henrikson; A giant sized man sits in the balcony of the Illinois legislature and smokes a cigarette; he is labeled "Syndicate Gambling" A man stands on the floor of the legislature and reads a bill that says,"Nothing to fear in...
Photograph of the ribbon cutting ceremony at the Polymer Science Research Center. Dignitaries include U.S. Representative Gene Taylor, U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, and university president Aubrey Lucas.
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A diver jumps off a diving board labeld "the big board." The driver, representative of the "stock market," realizes he is jumping into an empty swimming pool. The "stock market" exclaims,"Somebody's pulled out th' plug!"...
From the Johnston (Erle E., Jr.) Papers; The Program of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party outlines the purpose, goals, and requests of the organization. Explains the discrimination against African Americans in Mississippi, especially with...
cartoon by Eddie Germano; A child representative of "our young" is pushed back by a jumping television. Out of the t.v. set come rays of "violence" and "bad examples." A quote from Dr. Milton Eisenhower, Chairman of Presidential Commission on...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) newsletter that describes issues of interest, including the strike of the International Wood Workers of America against the Masonite Corporation in Laurel and...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Address written by Victoria Jackson Gray (Adams) for the National Conference for New Politics Convention, dated September 2, 1967, to gain support for African American voters in Mississippi. Adams requests...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Mississippi delegation position paper presented at the convention of the National Conference for New Politics in Chicago, Illinois, August 29-September 4, 1967. Calls for reform in education and welfare,...
Booklet from the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers Booklet titled "To get that power" compiled by Mississippians United to Elect Negro Candidates to solicit funds to support the campaigns of African American candidates in the 1967 Mississippi...
From the Adams (Victoria Gray) Papers. Booklet produced by the Bolivar County Education Committee with detailed information about politics and education in Bolivar County and the state of Mississippi. Outlines the basic government structure in...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Copy of the newsletter for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) for January 1966. Includes a report of a visit by Representative Joseph Resnick (D-NY) to Mississippi. A...
From the Dahl (Kathleen) Freedom Summer Collection. One-page flyer advertising Rev. Albert C. Pegues' candidacy for Marshall County Board of Education representative. Flyer was bundled with Rita Walker's letter to Kathy Dahl dated September 26,...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; The newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), this issue of the Voice (Vol. 6, no. 4; formerly titled the "Student Voice), is dated July 1965. Coverage includes...
Pamphlet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Pamphlet distributed by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)" Describes the Congressional Challenge and the perceived accomplishment of the effort. Includes an...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) to Northern supporters of the MFDP, dated March 29, 1965. Discusses the potential of the voter registration bill and the...
