Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling; July 12, 1964

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Identifier	mus-mz007
Title	Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling; July 12, 1964
Description	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 for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and up-coming Freedom vote. Zwerling also mentions evening picnics given at the home of local civil rights leader, Aaron Henry.
Creator	Zwerling, Matthew, 1944-
Date	12 July 1964
Coverage (time period)	July 1964
Subject	Civil rights movements. Clarksdale (Miss.) Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Zwerling, Matthew, 1944-
Mississippi county	Coahoma County (Miss.)
Geographic location	Clarksdale (Miss.)
Resource type	Text
Format	Digital reproduction of a 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	A finding aid for this collection is available online at: http://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/archives/m336.htm; 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	M336 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection.
Source	Box 1, Folder 1
Digital repository	University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections.
Digital collection	Historical Manuscripts and Photographs.
File size	307889 Bytes
File extension	JPG
Width	1687
Height	2174
Color space	RGB
Transcript	Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling; July 12, 1964 Transcript Clarksdale, July 12, 1964 Dear Folks: Just got back from a date at the movies (only one theater we can go to - saw King Kong destroy Godzilla). The city is still relatively calm. Our programs here are underway. We are making some headway. The energy spent in canvassing and organizing meetings for the Freedom Party completely drains me by the day's end. (We are working on the Freedom Party now - everyone in the state is behind, so we're dropping voter registration to concentrate on Freedom registration). We have had some evening picnics at Aaron Henry's house to refresh spirits - they've been working fairly well. Together in freedom, Mat
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