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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…
Guilford Vaughan's School
Freedmen's Bureau school report including information about Guilford Vaughan's school in Panola.
Freedmen's School Report about Henry Mayson
Excerpt from a Freedmen's Bureau report about a school to be started by Henry Mayson in Jackson.
Hugh M. Foley's Register of Complaints
Records related to Hugh M. Foley in the Freedmen’s Bureau’s Register of Complaints entered at Magnolia, Mississippi, in 1868.
Civil War Service Claim
George Edwards' Civil War service claim.
Pupils in Vicksburg Schools
Milton Coates listed as a school pupil in Vicksburg.