Gathering outside Palmers Crossing Community Center; July 18, 1964

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Identifier	mus.m351.0248p
Alternate ID	mus-rand0248
Title	Gathering outside Palmers Crossing Community Center; July 18, 1964
Description	From the Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs. A large group of people enjoy refreshments outside the Palmers Crossing Community Center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at the party celebrating the Center's opening on July 18, 1964. Volunteer Phyllis Cunningham, State Director of the Freedom Summer Health Clinics, stands left of center in a white flower print dress with three little girls. Hattiesburg resident Vassie Patton, wearing glasses and sitting against the building, is handed a cup by a boy. Freedom School student Shirley Anderson, with her back to the camera, is the third person from the right sitting on the back row of chairs. Her friend, Freedom School student Jimmella Stokes, is sitting two chairs to the right.
Creator	Randall, Herbert, 1936-
Date	18 July 1964
Coverage (time period)	18 July 1964
Subject	Anderson, Shirley. Civil rights movements. Community centers. Cunningham, Phyllis. Mississippi Freedom Project. Palmers Crossing (Miss.) Patton, Vassie. Randall, Herbert, 1936-
Resource type	Image
Format	Digital reproduction of 1 black-and-white photograph.
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	M351 Randall (Herbert) Freedom Summer Photographs.
Source	Box 2, Folder 9 M351-245
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File size	582.641 KB
File extension	JPG
Width	1952
Height	1552
Color space	Grayscale
File name	rand0248.jpg

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