Pamphlet from the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Pamphlet produced by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), includes descriptions of the consequences often encountered by those involved in the civil rights movement in the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; The letter from J. D. Smith to friends in the North describes the conditions he has encountered in Amite County, Mississippi, and outlines some of the civil rights programs that are being...
Copy of a typewritten newsletter, the Mantinband Megillah, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends dated 1964, in which the Mantinbands discuss their life in Texas. While they return to Mississippi occasionally upon the invitation of...
Transcribed copy of a letter written by Nancy Ellin requesting help in building up the book collection in the Hattiesburg Freedom Library. Specific needs include books about African-American history, books about civil rights and the Freedom...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. Dial Parratt, a Princeton University student from Mississippi, writes to a friend, Hunter (last name unknown), to inquire about a freedom march in which Princeton students were invited to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Vic Runtz. On the globe, people are drawn as groups in the shape of the continents. Some people are shown having fallen off the planet. A banner reads "Scientists claim Earth's population to...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection. Form letters and a memo that would have been sent to applicants who were accepted as freedom school teachers for 1964, including some orientation and curriculum information. Also, a memo from...
From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Nine-page typewritten document entitled, *Voter Registration Laws in Mississippi: Subversion of the Fifteenth Amendment in Mississippi;* presumably part of the curriculum training...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Volume 1, Number 1 of the Freedom Carrier records news stories about the Mississippi Freedom Schools and racial violence that occurred in Mississippi in the summer of 1964. The small newsletter...
Transcribed copy of a memo describing three bombings that took place on June 22, 1964, in McComb, Mississippi. The homes of Fred Bates, C. C. Bryant, and Corline Andrews were bombed.
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 23, 1964. Discusses voter registration canvassing activities, other aspects of his work in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, as well as...
Photocopy of a two-page typed letter with a handwritten postscript, dated Friday [June 26, 1964], from Joe Ellin to "Diane and Susan." The letter was written after approximately one week of Freedom Summer training in Oxford, Ohio. Joe describes his...
From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This document lists names, addresses and phone numbers of the members of the 1964 Mississippi Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. Details for some members are included, such...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 30, 1964. Discusses civil rights work in the community of Riverton, near Clarksdale, Mississippi, and describes the dedication required to...
From the Hamlett (Ed) White Folks Project Collection. This document from [?] Whitman relates some of his experiences networking for the AFL-CIO and the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) and the possible allying of the labor movement with...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This essay by Mike Miller details the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's (SNCC) voter registration project in Greenwood, Mississippi. The document discusses negative responses to the...
From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Appendix C explains the history and platform of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), lists the executive committee members, and sets out a plan for the Congressional challenge. ...
Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...
Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated July 12, 1964. Discusses the change of emphasis in civil rights work in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, from voter registration to Freedom registration...