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 Mississippi Summer Project.

Civil rights movements--Mississippi--History--20th century; Freedom Summer; Civil rights and communism; Civil rights workers; John C. Stennis

Mississippi

circa 1964

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Page 1
Deposition Ca [unsure]
Mortin Stavis 5th amendment
line
Ivan Stavinsky
Elizabeth NJ
+ Newark NJ
45-46
NY-NJ
50 Union County NJ
52 communist Party [unknown marked through]
Executive Board
54-
62.
national
Lawyers
Guild.
Page 2
Robert Moses - SNICK-
extremely active
const compl
alleged cr violations
conscientious objector
Benjamin Smith New Orleans lawyer
Communist 1948
legal educ partly financed communist
Esla J Baher [unsure about name]
Martin Luther King [unknown marked through]
Jesse Willard Gray - not sure in Miss -
but left communist party 2 yr ago
helped set people to Miss.
Kenneth McInvany assoc. of communist
Page 3
Stanley Aronowitz known
communist
thomas Hayden - Detroit communist
[unknown] aims & principals
of communist party.
very active in C R movement
Page 4
George Crockett Detroit [unknown marked through]
defended communists
espoused communist causes
4 mon - contempt - N.Y.
Judge Medina
-[unknown]
Nat. Lawyers Guild -
[unknown]
most active
Arthur Kunay Bronx NY -
[unknown]
Rep. comm leaders since 49
Vice Pres. NLG convention
James Foreman
not communist
but associat
[unknown]
[unknown]
Jack Mennis
not communist but const assoc.