Newsletter, Mississippi Freedom Project; undated

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Identifier	mus-ellin093
Title	Newsletter, Mississippi Freedom Project; undated
Description	From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Transcribed copy of a letter written in an effort to solicit help for Freedom Summer volunteers in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Discusses James Silver's book Mississippi: The Closed Society, the voting statistics quoted therein, and social factors that discourage African Americans from voting. There is also a description of the purpose and positive effects of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
Creator	Unknown.
Date	July 1964
Coverage (time period)	July 1964
Subject	Civil rights. Discrimination. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Mississippi Freedom Project. Political participation. Politics, practical. Voter registration.
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of 1-page document.
Language	English
Publisher	University of Southern Mississippi Libraries. (electronic version)
Contributors	Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services.
Notes	This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive.
Rights	Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Contributing institution	Special Collections, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi.
Collection	M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection.
Source	Box 2, Folder 5
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File size	2555.683 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1700
Height	2800
Color space	Grayscale
File name	ellin093.jpg

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Newsletter, Mississippi Freedom Project; undated

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