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- Collection: VOTE! Revisiting Freedom Summer
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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…
Broadside- Vote for Aaron Henry
Broadside poster advertising the Freedom Vote. Election campaign for Aaron Henry.
Letter, Richard Street to John Stennis, August 1, 1964
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, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to the public, June 1964
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…
Letter from Rodger Earle Ownby to John C. Stennis
The following is a paper of what Rodger E. Ownby wrote to Senator John C. Stennis. He sent this letter during the event of Freedom Summer. Rodger E. Ownby's letter contains explicit language because during this period, Jim Crow Laws were still in…
Poster: Violence in Mississippi Hearing Notice at the National Theatre
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.
Active In Mississippi Summer Project - 1964
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…
Rodger E. Ownby's Address Information
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".
Paper: Washington Hearings on Violence in Mississippi, 1964
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…