Petition to President Lyndon B. Johnson; undated

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Identifier	mus-ellin056
Title	Petition to President Lyndon B. Johnson; undated
Description	From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Petition to President Lyndon Baines Johnson requesting federal protection for Freedom Project workers. Mentions the harassment faced by voter registration workers, as well as the murders of eight African-American youths in the South. Includes references to laws that provide for the federal protection requested by the petition.
Creator	Unknown.
Date	1964
Coverage (time period)	1963-1964
Subject	Civil rights workers. Desegregation in education. Discrimination. Harassment. Mississippi Freedom Project.
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 1, Folder 10
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File size	2153.789 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1693
Height	2800
Color space	Grayscale
File name	ellin056.jpg

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