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Kates--Letters and clippings (James Kates Papers, 1964-1965; Archives Main Stacks, SC 1207, Folder 1)

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Kates, James

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James Kates, a volunteer in Panola County, Mississippi, from White Plains, New York, during Freedom Summer, published some of his letters from Mississippi in his hometown newspaper and many (all?) of his 1964 published letters are included here. In 1965, he worked in Natchez, Mississippi. The letters he wrote to his parents from Natchez in 1965 are included here as well and discuss the gradual dissolving of COFO.
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Clippings Correspondence
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Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Americans For Preservation Of The White Race
  3. Arrest
  4. Arson
  5. Bombings
  6. Congress Of Racial Equality
  7. Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
  8. De Vine, Annie
  9. Evers, Charles, 1922
  10. Forman, James, 1928 2005
  11. Housing
  12. Intimidation
  13. Jails
  14. Jones, George Lee
  15. Ku Klux Klan
  16. Labor Unions
  17. Medicine
  18. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  19. Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
  20. Music
  21. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  22. Police
  23. Poverty
  24. Segregation
  25. Sellers, Cleveland, 1944
  26. Threats
  27. Volunteers
  28. Voter Registration

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