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Smith--Frank Calhoun, et al., v. Meridian - Correspondence, 1964-1966 (Benjamin E. Smith papers, 1955-1967; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 513, Box 1, Folder 6)

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Smith, Benjamin Eugene

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Benjamin E. Smith, a prominent Southern civil rights lawyer, provided legal services to COFO during Freedom Summer. Among the documents in this folder is a June 15, 1964, document signed by Michael Schwerner, seeking legal help for 25 listed "friends and companions" in the Meridian, Mississippi, jail. Most of the other documents and correspondence also relate to Calhoun et. al. v. City of Meridian, Mississippi, including a list of the defendants, their ages, and addresses, a handwritten account of the events that led to their arrests, and assorted handwritten and printed notes and correspondence relating to the case itself. The charges claimed that the defendants were guilty of violating a city ordinance on obstructing sidewalks.
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