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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…

This item is a letter written on letterhead of The Street Clinic letterhead in Vicksburg, Mississippi from Richard Street to Senator John C. Stennis. In the letter, Street expresses the community's annoyance regarding the trouble caused by "summer…

Letter/Press Release: Mike Thelwell, The director of Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee, wrote this letter to the public to inform them of a hearing. This hearing was held in Washing D.C. at the National Theatre on June 8, 1964. The hearing…

Poster: It briefly describes the purpose of a hearing that will take place. The purpose of this hearing is the violence that has occurred in Mississippi due to Freedom Summer black voter registration.

Paper/essay on the reasoning for a hearing being held in Washington D.C. in 1964. The paper discusses the violent response seen in Mississippi because of the voter registration drives for black Americans. The paper comments on the need for action to…

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…

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…

This is Rodger E. Ownby's address information. This was attached to the his and John C. Stennis letters. Refer to the items "Letter from Rodger Earle Ownby to John C. Stennis" and "Letter from John C. Stennis to Mr. Rodger E. Ownby".

Typed document from 1964 of a list of people active in the Mississippi Freedom Summer, including handwritten notes the author of whom is unknown. The list details potential communist links shared amongst leaders and active participants in the…

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.