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Zinn --Interview transcripts, 1963-1965 (Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1994; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 588, Box 3, Folder 10)

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This folder includes interview transcriptions--primarily about the importance of the Freedom Vote as a protest and organizing tactic--with Bob Moses (1963); Aaron Henry (1965); Allard Lowenstein (1965); Jesse Harris (1965); Bill Higgs (1965); Marion Barry, Jr. (1965), James Forman (1965), Tim Jenkins (1965), Rev. R.L.T. "Bob" Smith (1965), and Howard Zinn (1965). Interestingly, after so much talk about the importance of the Freedom Vote as a tool to raise political and grassroots consciousness in Mississippi, Howard Zinn says, "I don't think the nation ever really knew about the freedom vote." In addition, Jesse Harris gives examples of the U.S. Justice's Department's collusion with the Mississippi power structure against civil rights workers in voter registration issues. Bill Higgs, a white lawyer, talks about being run out of the state of Mississippi. Marion Barry talks about COFO's origins. All of these speakers depict the civil rights movement as one that mostly evolved out of emer
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Keywords

  1. Arrest
  2. Assault And Battery
  3. Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898 1987
  4. Barry, Marion, 1936
  5. Belafonte, Harry, 1927
  6. Bikel, Theodore
  7. Britt, Travis
  8. Bryant, Curtis C., 1917 2007
  9. Civil Rights
  10. Civil Rights Demonstrations
  11. Civil Rights Movements
  12. Clergy
  13. Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914 1991
  14. Congress Of Racial Equality
  15. Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
  16. Cox, Harold
  17. Democratic Party (U.S.)
  18. Demonstrations
  19. Dennis, David
  20. Doar, John, 1921
  21. Eastland, James Oliver, 1904 1986
  22. Evers, Charles, 1922
  23. Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925 1963
  24. Food Drives
  25. Forman, James, 1928 2005
  26. Freedom Day
  27. Freedom Rides
  28. Freedom Vote
  29. Green, Dewey
  30. Gregory, Dick
  31. Henry, Aaron, 1922 1997
  32. Higgs, Bill
  33. Hurst, E. H
  34. Intimidation
  35. Jails
  36. Jenkins, Tim
  37. Jones, Charlie
  38. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917 1963
  39. Kennedy, Robert F., 1925 1968
  40. King, Edward
  41. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
  42. Lawyers
  43. Lee, Herbert
  44. Lindsay, Kel
  45. Lowenstein, Allard K
  46. Lynching
  47. Marshall, Burke, 1922
  48. Mass Media
  49. Meredith, James, 1933
  50. Mississippi Free Press
  51. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  52. Moore, Amzie
  53. Moses, Robert Parris
  54. Murder
  55. Music
  56. Nash, Diane, 1938
  57. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  58. Nonviolence
  59. Police
  60. Seeger, Pete, 1919
  61. Segregation
  62. Smith, R. L. T. (Robert L. T.)
  63. Smith, William
  64. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  65. Stennis, John C. (John Cornelius), 1901 1995
  66. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
  67. Threats
  68. Travis, Brenda
  69. Tremmel, Theodore
  70. United States
  71. United States National Student Association
  72. United States. Department Of Justice
  73. United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
  74. United States. Voting Rights Act Of 1965
  75. Universities
  76. University Of Mississippi
  77. Volunteers
  78. Voter Education Project (Southern Regional Council)
  79. Voter Registration
  80. White Citizens Councils
  81. Whites
  82. Whitten, Jamie
  83. Wilkins, Roy, 1901 1981
  84. Williams, John Bell

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