King--Mississippi Summer Project, miscellaneous files (Mary E. King papers , 1962-1999; Z: Accessions, M82-445, Box 1, Folder 21)
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This folder contains a wealth of information on plans, programs, and the events of Freedom Summer. Included are: SNCC plans for East Coast and Southern events in February 1964. Chronology of events in Canton, Mississippi, in February 1964. Forman's letter about a proposed Hattiesburg Freedom Day. An analysis of laws being considered by the Mississippi State Legislature designed to thwart the civil rights movement and a press release about them. A list of incidents in Greenwood, Mississippi, from 1962-March 1964. A letter to President Johnson, appealing for federal protection for civil rights workers. An excellent and lengthy description of obstacles placed in the way of African-Americans' registering to vote in Mississippi. A letter from John Lewis to the head of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission discussing the firebombing of a Hattiesburg church. A rundown of House and Senate votes on the Civil Rights Bill of 1964. An urgent memo from James Forman, following the disappearance of civi
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- Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926 2006
- Adams, William
- Addison, Don
- African Americans
- Allen, Thomas
- Anderson, Maeola
- Arrest
- Arson
- Assault And Battery
- Association For The Preservation Of The White Race
- Association Of Tenth Amendment Conservatives
- Bailey, Henry
- Barnes, Betty
- Bass, Robert
- Beckwith, Byron De La
- Beech, Robert, 1935 2008
- Belk, Jimmy
- Belk, Willie
- Bender, Rita L
- Bernard, Joel
- Berry, Elwood
- Beyers, Bob
- Bishop, Jack
- Black, James
- Block, Samuel
- Blue, Willie
- Bombings
- Bosley, Alma
- Boycotts
- Bradford, John
- Brewer, Charles
- Brewer, Green
- Brooks, Arance
- Brown, James
- Bryant, Charles
- Byrd, Cecil
- Cameron, John, Rev
- Campbell, Maybelle
- Carter, Betty
- Chaney, James Earl, 1943 1964
- Chinn, C. O
- Church Buildings
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Movements
- Civil Rights Workers
- Clark, James G
- Cleverdon, David
- Clothing And Dress
- Cobb, Charles E., Jr
- Cole, Beatrice
- Cole, Bernice
- Cole, Junior Roosevelt
- Coleman, Isaac
- Coles, Robert
- Collier, James
- Collins, Ben
- Community Centers
- Congress Of Racial Equality
- Cooper, Henry
- Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
- Cox, W. Harold (William Harold), 1901
- Cummins, Peter
- Dann, James
- Day, Noel
- De Lissovoy, Peter
- Demonstrations
- Doar, John, 1921
- Douglas, Nelson
- Dulles, Allen, 1893 1969
- Eastland, James Oliver, 1904 1986
- Edelman, Marian Wright
- Education
- Ellis, Robert
- Esco, Milton
- Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925 1963
- Farmer, James, 1920 1999
- Farnum, Eric
- Federal Aid
- Feldman, Myer, 1914 2007
- Flowers, Dick
- Food Drives
- Ford, Ellis
- Forman, James, 1928 2005
- Fraser, Steve
- Free Southern Theater
- Freedom Day
- Freedom Rides
- Freedom Vote
- Frey, Richard
- Funches, Willie
- Gallatly, Mary Sue
- Galloway, Warren
- Galloway, Willie
- Garofolo, Robert
- Gillon, Gwendolyn
- Gladney, Ron
- Glenn, Charles
- Goldstein, Barry
- Goodman, Andrew, 1943 1964
- Goodman, Paul
- Grant, Louis
- Green, Andrew Lee
- Greene, George
- Gregory, Dick
- Guthman, Edwin O., 1919 2008
- Hamlett, Ed, 1939
- Hancock, Milton
- Harris, Arthur
- Harris, Jesse
- Harris, John
- Harris, Tom
- Harrison, Jesse
- Hartfield, Huston
- Hayes, Curtis
- Helgesen, H. F
- Heller, Joseph
- Hewitt, Peter
- Hewitt, Theodis
- History
- Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895 1972
- Horton, Myles, 1905 1990
- Howard, David
- Hudson, Earnest
- Intimidation
- Jack, Nathaniel
- Jackson State College
- Jackson, Levi
- Jails
- Jewett, Richard A
- Johnson, Charles
- Johnson, Frederick
- Johnson, June
- Johnson, Les
- Johnson, Lula Bell
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908 1973
- Johnson, Paul B., 1916 1985
- Jones, Jim
- Jones, Martha
- Kaplan, Sherwin
- Katzenbach, Nicholas De B. (Nicholas De Belleville), 1922 2012
- Kempton, Murray
- Kendall, David
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925 1968
- Kersten, John C
- King, Edwin H
- King, Mary
- Kirschenbaum, Howard
- Kitchen, Herman
- Ku Klux Klan
- Lane, Mary
- Lary, Curtis
- Lawyers
- Leigh, Sanford
- Lelyveld, Joseph
- Levine, Allan
- Lewis, John
- Libraries
- Little, George
- Loggins, Clinton
- Lynching
- Lynd, Theron C
- Mangrum, Fred
- March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
- Marshall, Burke, 1922
- Martin, John T
- Martin, Larry
- Mass Media
- Maurer, Joe
- Maxwell, Bruce
- Mc Davis, Melvin
- Mc Dew, Charles
- Mc Ghee, Jake
- Mc Ghee, Silas
- Mc Ghee, William
- Mc Glaughan, Floyd
- Mc Kay, Marianne
- Mc Keller, Tilmon
- Mc Kinnie, Lester
- Mc Laurin, Charles
- Medical Committee For Human Rights (U.S.)
- Meely, Fred
- Merritt, Carole
- Miles, Robert
- Miller, Steve
- Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
- Mississippi Freedom Schools
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
- Mississippi Student Union
- Moore, Philip
- Morey, R. Hunter, 1940
- Morris, Jesse
- Morrison, Tim
- Morton, Eric
- Moses, Dona Richards
- Moses, Robert Parris
- Murder
- Music
- Myers, Patricia
- National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
- National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The United States Of America
- Neblett, Carver
- Nevas, Al
- Nigeria
- Nonviolence
- Nonviolent Action Group (Washington D.C.)
- Osman, Robert David
- Owen, David
- Palmer, Sylvester Lee
- Peacock, Willie
- Pearlman, Daniel
- Perdew, John, 1941
- Petan, James
- Police Brutality
- Polier, Justine Wise, 1903 1987
- Ponder, Preston
- Poor
- Popper, Martin
- Poverty
- Proctor, John
- Raymond, George
- Reed, J. Nolan
- Reid, Ogden R. (Ogden Rogers), 1925
- Reynolds, Willie James
- Rich, Marvin
- Ridenour, Ron
- Riley, David
- Robertson, Willie C
- Robinson, Barbara
- Rogers, Lois
- Rollins, Willie
- Romilly, Dinky
- Ryan, William F., 1922 1972
- Saison, Harry
- Samstein, Mendy
- Sarachild, Kathie
- Schaffer, Sam, Jr
- Schools
- Schwelb, Frank Ernest, 1932
- Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939 1964
- Schwerner, Nathan H
- Scott, A. E
- Segal, Larry
- Segregation
- Sellers, Cleveland, 1944
- Shaw, Terry
- Shirah, Samuel C., 1943
- Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah
- Smith, Steve
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference
- Spain, David M
- Spears, Lawrence
- Stallworth, Jessie Mae
- Stembridge, Jane
- Stephens, Larry
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
- Student Voice (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Students
- Suarez, Matteo
- Surney, Lafayette
- Sweeney, Dennis
- Sykes, Gresham
- Taylor, Harold
- Taylor, William L., 1931 2010
- Thompson, Daniel C. (Daniel Calbert)
- Thornhill, John Emmett
- Threats
- Tillinghast, Muriel
- Townsend, Joe
- Training
- Travis, James
- Turnipseed, Lamar
- Unemployment
- United States
- United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1964
- United States. Department Of Justice
- United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
- United States. Voting Rights Act Of 1965
- Veal, William
- Volunteers
- Voter Registration
- Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919 1998
- Warren, Larry
- Washington, George
- Watson, Freddy Lee
- Watts, Joseph Lee
- Weathers, Dorothy
- Weaver, Claude
- Weil, Robert
- Wells, Samuel B., 1916 2005
- Welsh, David
- Werner, Peter
- White Citizens Councils
- White, Don
- White, Lee C., 1923
- Whites
- Wiggins, E. J
- Williams, Alvery
- Wolff, Henry
- X, Malcolm, 1925 1965
- Young, Charles
- Zellner, Bob