Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling; July 24, 1964

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Identifier	mus-mz010
Title	Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling; July 24, 1964
Description	Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated July 24, 1964. Discusses the success of recent precinct meetings as well as work for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Zwerling also mentions the upcoming Freedom Day.
Creator	Zwerling, Matthew, 1944-
Date	24 July 1964
Coverage (time period)	July 1964
Subject	Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. Mississippi Freedom Project. 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	328040 Bytes
File extension	JPG
Width	1693
Height	2174
Color space	RGB
Transcript	Letter, Matthew Zwerling to Israel and Florence Zwerling; July 24, 1964 Transcript Clarksdale, July 24 Dear Folks: The precinct meeting was a resounding success. 80 people and a very moving meeting. People spoke (we had a discussion of community problems) some really fiery speeches - constantly interrupted by applause. All in all very good. We got a memo from Jackson - the Freedom D.P. is having trouble so priority is given it the rest of the summer. We are out working in Coahoma County now (one day so far - very good response in Friars Point - a town of 1,000). We intend to carry out a Freedom Day (voter registration) also most of the work done by spare time Freedom School teachers and local people as well as us. Makes for a very busy August. Freedom, Mat P.S. Not that I have to say it, but be sure to talk with Doc Henry when he gets to New York.
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