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Photo of Mass Grave of Murdered Civil Rights Worker
Black & White photograph of the dam site where 3 civil rights activists were buried. Copy of FBI photo by a People Magazine photographer. James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered in the summer of 1964 and their bodies were…
Poem 34 from the Freedom Summer Poems Collection
The poem was written on butcher paper about a row of shacks in Sylvester, Georgia, that the speaker considers similar to shacks in New York City, New York, and the oppression of African Americans across the nation. The poet wrote mostly in black…
Application for Registration to Vote
A Mississippi voter registration form from 1965 which includes a two-page questionnaire and samples from the Mississippi Constitution that would be used to prove the applicant can read. The form has a total of 21 questions, with many questions being…
Letter, Mary T. Vandevender to John Stennis, December 16,1964
Mary T. Vendevender's letter to John Stennis expressing the want to move interracial couples North in the 1960's. Vendevender expressed that she wanted to be able to live in peace and harmony again.
Letter from Douglas M. Montgomery to John C. Stennis, January 16, 1964
This is a letter with a letter head belonging to East Central Junior College most commonly known today as East Central Community College located in Decatur, Mississippi, written by Douglas M. Montgomery addressed to Stennis.
The Negro Voter In The South
Booklet of the rights for African American voters in the US South and ways to evade voter suppression. The pages featured here are excerpt from various sections of the book. Page one details African American voting as it stood in 1957. Page 7…
Martin Luther King Jr. Visits Mt. Zion Church
The photo of King Jr. and J.R. "Bud" Cole was taken in 1964 after the attack and murders of three civil rights workers. Cole was an Elder of the Black church and was asked to retell the story of the incident that is now known as the Mississippi Burn.…
Letter from John Stennis to Mr. Rodger E. Ownby
The item is a paper that United States Senator John Stennis sent to citizen Mr. Rodger E. Ownby, who is from Jackson, Mississippi. The contents of the letter are typed, and it contains all of members of the Senate in the upper left hand corner of the…
News Release: Voter Education Project
Printed news release for the Voter Education Project outlining 64 acts of intimidation and violence against African Americans in Mississippi since 1961. The Voter Education project attempted to provide a detailed list of the most egregious acts of…
Pamphlet, Mississippi Summer Project
The item is a pamphlet that is folded into 8 sections including a title page. Text is placed on the front and back of each section. It includes images of members of the Mississippi Summer Project. The goal of the object is to detail the goals,…