1 10 1 https://msstate-exhibits.libraryhost.com/files/original/28/2608/EN3414_Spring2024_AnnaRodgers_Complete_cropped.pdf 046ad2e956c54bf09b2ac55ebdd7b353 PDF Text Text DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROGRESS IN MISSISSIPPI MISSISSIPPI PROJECT Although the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee has active projects in thirteen Southern states, it has achieved its most dynamic success in the state of Mississippi. A state where individual political life is nonexistant, where the economic condition of a vast majority of the population is appalling, the home of white supremacy, Mississippi has become the main target of SNCC's staff and resources. In August, 1961, SNCC went into Mississippi under the leadership of Project Director Robert Moses. Overcoming violence and hardship, SNCC workers have been able to expand their activity into all five of Mississippi's congressional districts. By fall, 1963, SNCC had joined with CORE, SCLC, the NAACP and many voting and civic groups in forming a statewide organization, the Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), and th1mugh COFO conducted a Freedom Vote campaign in which 80,000 disenfranchised Negroes cast ballots for Aaron Henry for Governor. Preparation for real democracy calls for additional programs in the state. Literacy projects have been instituted, and food and clothing drives. But much more comprehensive programs are needed to combat the terrible cultural and economic deprivation of Negro communities in Mississippi. This summer, SNCC, in cooperation with COFO, is launching a massive Peace Corpstype operation in Mississippi. Students, teachers, technicians, nurses, artists and legal advisors will be recruited to come to Mississippi to staff a wide range of prqgrams that include voter registration, freedom schools, community centers and special projects. DEPENDS ON YOU The Mississippi Summer Project needs money now to establish and support the activities described in this pamphlet. We are asking the people of America-individuals as well as institutions-to contribute now to assist SNCC in its commitment to the struggle for justice in the state of Mississippi. A contribution in any amount will be of help. For example: $5 will supply school materials for one day- student for the entire summer. $25 will pay the utility bills for one Freedom School for the ~fW-WeTt , · $50 will buy officf~i):i£1f'J L Lfr:iq~RY for erre •00:tl!PITY ~fJHC: ~tr(LEGE, MISSISSIPPI registration field office. $100 will buy materials for a home nursing and baby care class for one Community Center. $125 will buy one tape recorder for a Free- dom School. $400 will provide scholarship money for one Southern Negro college student, enabling him to return to school after working in Mississippi for the summer. $2000 will rent and remodel a building for one Community Center. $3000 will buy one used bus for transporting vote workers and registrants. Send your contribution to: MISSISSIPPI SUMMER PROJECT All photographs were taken during Freedom Dav at H:ittiesburg, Mississippi. on January 22. 1964. A bove photo by 1\orns Md Namara; other photos by Danny Lyon. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 81h Raymond Street, N. W. Atlanta 14, Georgia EN3414_Spring2024__AnnaRodgers_001 �ed by 10th, 11th, and 12th grade pupils; the schools will opera-se five days a week in the students' home town·s. Instruction will be highly individualized-each school will have about fifteen teachers and fifty students. The program will include remedial work in reading, math and basic grammar, as well as seminars in political science, the humanities, journalism and creative writing. Whereever possible, studies will be related to problems in the students' own society. The three resident schools will be attended by more advance students from throughout the state. The program will be es3entially the same as that of the day schools, with emphasis on political studies. VOTER REGISTRATION The struggle for freedom in Mississippi can only be won by a combination of action within the state and a heightened awareness throughout the country of the need for massive federal intervention to ensure the voting rights of Negroes . This summer's program will work toward both objectives. Voter registration workers will operate in every rural county and important urban area in the state. These workers will be involved in a summer-long drive to mobilize the Negro community of Mississippi and assist in developing local leadership and organization. Forty thousand dollars must be raised for a Freedom Registration campaign. The registration campaign which was launched in February will be implemented by summer workers. Freedom Registrars will be established in every precinct, with registration fc; books closely resembling the official books of the state. The Freedom Registration books will serve as a basis for challenging the official books and the validity of "official" federal elections this fall. Finally, voter registration workers will assist in the summer campaigns of Freedom Candidates who will be running for congressional office. FREEDOM SCHOOLS An integral part of SNCC's voter registration work is the development of leadership for politically emerging communities. Freedom Schools will begin to supply the political education which the existing system does not provide for Negroes in Mississippi. The summer project will establish ten daytime Freedom Schools and three resident schools. The daytime schools will be attend- The students who attend the schools will provide Mississippi with a nucleus of leadership committed to critical thought and social action. RESEARCH PROJECT The program of voter registration and political organization will attempt to change the fundamental structure of political and economic activity in Mississippi. In order to accurately picture this structure, extensive research must be done into Mississippi's suppressive political and economic life. Skilled personnel are needed to carry out this program both from within and outside the state. WHITE COMMUNITY PROJECT The effort to organize and educate Mississippi whites in the direction of democracy and decency can no longer be delayed. About thirty students, Southern whites who have recently joined the civil rights movement, will begin pilot projects in white communities. An attempt will be made to organize poor white areas to make steps toward eliminating bigotry , poverty and ignorance. COMMUNITY CENTERS In addition to the Freedom Schools, Community Centers will provide services normally denied the Negro community in Mississippi. Staffed by experienced social workers, nurses, librarians and teachers in the arts and crafts, the centers will provide educational and cultural programs for the community. Instruction will be given in pre-natal and infant care, and general hygiene; programs will provide adult literacy and vocational training. The thirty thousand books now in SNCC's Greenwood office library will be distributed to these centers, and others will be obtained. The centers will serve as places of political education and organization, and will pravide a structure to channel a wide range of programs into the Negro community in the future. ll} I EN3414_Spring2024__AnnaRodgers_002 LAW STUDENT PROJECT A large number of law students will come to Mississippi to launch a massive legal offensive against the official tyranny of the state. The time has come to challenge every Mississippi law which deprives Negroes of their rights, and to bring suit against every state and local official who commits crimes in the name of his office. Trained Personnel Are Needed For applications write: MISSISSIPPI SUMMER PROJECT 1017 Lynch Street - Room 10 Jackson, Mississippi (applications must be received by mid-April) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource VOTE! Revisiting Freedom Summer Description An account of the resource This exhibit will highlight items related to Freedom Summer of 1964. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource KC New, Spring 2024 EN 3414 students Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Anna Rodgers, Christina Beland, Christopher Jolivette, Emma Obryant, James Durr, LaRavia Evans, Rachel Hargrove, Ethan Jackson, Hayden Pilkinton, Madison Adams, Marlee-Keeton Pierce, Meg McDougal, Rayana Brown, Rowan Feasel Lauren Geiger, Carrie Mastley Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Spring 2024 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Photo of the dam site where three civil rights workers were buried. Copy of FBI photo by People Magazine Photographer. 94983P/C4/32. Christopher R. Harris. Florence Mars. Black and White print. 9-23-77. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Pamphlet, Mississippi Summer Project Description An account of the resource 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, objectives, and successes of the Mississippi Summer Project group. The final section includes a list of donation amounts and what they will go towards. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mississippi Summer Project: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource COFO workers of Starkville Mississippi, Norris McNamara, Danny Lyon Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Circa 1964 Subject The topic of the resource Freedom Summer Project; Civil Rights Movements; Civil Rights Workers; Civil Rights Grassroots Movement Language A language of the resource en Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Physical medium. Text. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mississippi State University Libraries civil rights freedom summer grassroots Mississippi Summer Project Voters Rights