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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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Keywords

  1. Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926 2006
  2. Adams, William
  3. Addison, Don
  4. African Americans
  5. Allen, Thomas
  6. Anderson, Maeola
  7. Arrest
  8. Arson
  9. Assault And Battery
  10. Association For The Preservation Of The White Race
  11. Association Of Tenth Amendment Conservatives
  12. Bailey, Henry
  13. Barnes, Betty
  14. Bass, Robert
  15. Beckwith, Byron De La
  16. Beech, Robert, 1935 2008
  17. Belk, Jimmy
  18. Belk, Willie
  19. Bender, Rita L
  20. Bernard, Joel
  21. Berry, Elwood
  22. Beyers, Bob
  23. Bishop, Jack
  24. Black, James
  25. Block, Samuel
  26. Blue, Willie
  27. Bombings
  28. Bosley, Alma
  29. Boycotts
  30. Bradford, John
  31. Brewer, Charles
  32. Brewer, Green
  33. Brooks, Arance
  34. Brown, James
  35. Bryant, Charles
  36. Byrd, Cecil
  37. Cameron, John, Rev
  38. Campbell, Maybelle
  39. Carter, Betty
  40. Chaney, James Earl, 1943 1964
  41. Chinn, C. O
  42. Church Buildings
  43. Civil Rights
  44. Civil Rights Movements
  45. Civil Rights Workers
  46. Clark, James G
  47. Cleverdon, David
  48. Clothing And Dress
  49. Cobb, Charles E., Jr
  50. Cole, Beatrice
  51. Cole, Bernice
  52. Cole, Junior Roosevelt
  53. Coleman, Isaac
  54. Coles, Robert
  55. Collier, James
  56. Collins, Ben
  57. Community Centers
  58. Congress Of Racial Equality
  59. Cooper, Henry
  60. Council Of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
  61. Cox, W. Harold (William Harold), 1901
  62. Cummins, Peter
  63. Dann, James
  64. Day, Noel
  65. De Lissovoy, Peter
  66. Demonstrations
  67. Doar, John, 1921
  68. Douglas, Nelson
  69. Dulles, Allen, 1893 1969
  70. Eastland, James Oliver, 1904 1986
  71. Edelman, Marian Wright
  72. Education
  73. Ellis, Robert
  74. Esco, Milton
  75. Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925 1963
  76. Farmer, James, 1920 1999
  77. Farnum, Eric
  78. Federal Aid
  79. Feldman, Myer, 1914 2007
  80. Flowers, Dick
  81. Food Drives
  82. Ford, Ellis
  83. Forman, James, 1928 2005
  84. Fraser, Steve
  85. Free Southern Theater
  86. Freedom Day
  87. Freedom Rides
  88. Freedom Vote
  89. Frey, Richard
  90. Funches, Willie
  91. Gallatly, Mary Sue
  92. Galloway, Warren
  93. Galloway, Willie
  94. Garofolo, Robert
  95. Gillon, Gwendolyn
  96. Gladney, Ron
  97. Glenn, Charles
  98. Goldstein, Barry
  99. Goodman, Andrew, 1943 1964
  100. Goodman, Paul
  101. Grant, Louis
  102. Green, Andrew Lee
  103. Greene, George
  104. Gregory, Dick
  105. Guthman, Edwin O., 1919 2008
  106. Hamlett, Ed, 1939
  107. Hancock, Milton
  108. Harris, Arthur
  109. Harris, Jesse
  110. Harris, John
  111. Harris, Tom
  112. Harrison, Jesse
  113. Hartfield, Huston
  114. Hayes, Curtis
  115. Helgesen, H. F
  116. Heller, Joseph
  117. Hewitt, Peter
  118. Hewitt, Theodis
  119. History
  120. Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895 1972
  121. Horton, Myles, 1905 1990
  122. Howard, David
  123. Hudson, Earnest
  124. Intimidation
  125. Jack, Nathaniel
  126. Jackson State College
  127. Jackson, Levi
  128. Jails
  129. Jewett, Richard A
  130. Johnson, Charles
  131. Johnson, Frederick
  132. Johnson, June
  133. Johnson, Les
  134. Johnson, Lula Bell
  135. Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908 1973
  136. Johnson, Paul B., 1916 1985
  137. Jones, Jim
  138. Jones, Martha
  139. Kaplan, Sherwin
  140. Katzenbach, Nicholas De B. (Nicholas De Belleville), 1922 2012
  141. Kempton, Murray
  142. Kendall, David
  143. Kennedy, Robert F., 1925 1968
  144. Kersten, John C
  145. King, Edwin H
  146. King, Mary
  147. Kirschenbaum, Howard
  148. Kitchen, Herman
  149. Ku Klux Klan
  150. Lane, Mary
  151. Lary, Curtis
  152. Lawyers
  153. Leigh, Sanford
  154. Lelyveld, Joseph
  155. Levine, Allan
  156. Lewis, John
  157. Libraries
  158. Little, George
  159. Loggins, Clinton
  160. Lynching
  161. Lynd, Theron C
  162. Mangrum, Fred
  163. March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
  164. Marshall, Burke, 1922
  165. Martin, John T
  166. Martin, Larry
  167. Mass Media
  168. Maurer, Joe
  169. Maxwell, Bruce
  170. Mc Davis, Melvin
  171. Mc Dew, Charles
  172. Mc Ghee, Jake
  173. Mc Ghee, Silas
  174. Mc Ghee, William
  175. Mc Glaughan, Floyd
  176. Mc Kay, Marianne
  177. Mc Keller, Tilmon
  178. Mc Kinnie, Lester
  179. Mc Laurin, Charles
  180. Medical Committee For Human Rights (U.S.)
  181. Meely, Fred
  182. Merritt, Carole
  183. Miles, Robert
  184. Miller, Steve
  185. Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  186. Mississippi Freedom Schools
  187. Mississippi State Penitentiary
  188. Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
  189. Mississippi Student Union
  190. Moore, Philip
  191. Morey, R. Hunter, 1940
  192. Morris, Jesse
  193. Morrison, Tim
  194. Morton, Eric
  195. Moses, Dona Richards
  196. Moses, Robert Parris
  197. Murder
  198. Music
  199. Myers, Patricia
  200. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  201. National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The United States Of America
  202. Neblett, Carver
  203. Nevas, Al
  204. Nigeria
  205. Nonviolence
  206. Nonviolent Action Group (Washington D.C.)
  207. Osman, Robert David
  208. Owen, David
  209. Palmer, Sylvester Lee
  210. Peacock, Willie
  211. Pearlman, Daniel
  212. Perdew, John, 1941
  213. Petan, James
  214. Police Brutality
  215. Polier, Justine Wise, 1903 1987
  216. Ponder, Preston
  217. Poor
  218. Popper, Martin
  219. Poverty
  220. Proctor, John
  221. Raymond, George
  222. Reed, J. Nolan
  223. Reid, Ogden R. (Ogden Rogers), 1925
  224. Reynolds, Willie James
  225. Rich, Marvin
  226. Ridenour, Ron
  227. Riley, David
  228. Robertson, Willie C
  229. Robinson, Barbara
  230. Rogers, Lois
  231. Rollins, Willie
  232. Romilly, Dinky
  233. Ryan, William F., 1922 1972
  234. Saison, Harry
  235. Samstein, Mendy
  236. Sarachild, Kathie
  237. Schaffer, Sam, Jr
  238. Schools
  239. Schwelb, Frank Ernest, 1932
  240. Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939 1964
  241. Schwerner, Nathan H
  242. Scott, A. E
  243. Segal, Larry
  244. Segregation
  245. Sellers, Cleveland, 1944
  246. Shaw, Terry
  247. Shirah, Samuel C., 1943
  248. Simmons, Gwendolyn Zoharah
  249. Smith, Steve
  250. Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  251. Spain, David M
  252. Spears, Lawrence
  253. Stallworth, Jessie Mae
  254. Stembridge, Jane
  255. Stephens, Larry
  256. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
  257. Student Voice (Atlanta, Ga.)
  258. Students
  259. Suarez, Matteo
  260. Surney, Lafayette
  261. Sweeney, Dennis
  262. Sykes, Gresham
  263. Taylor, Harold
  264. Taylor, William L., 1931 2010
  265. Thompson, Daniel C. (Daniel Calbert)
  266. Thornhill, John Emmett
  267. Threats
  268. Tillinghast, Muriel
  269. Townsend, Joe
  270. Training
  271. Travis, James
  272. Turnipseed, Lamar
  273. Unemployment
  274. United States
  275. United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1964
  276. United States. Department Of Justice
  277. United States. Federal Bureau Of Investigation
  278. United States. Voting Rights Act Of 1965
  279. Veal, William
  280. Volunteers
  281. Voter Registration
  282. Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919 1998
  283. Warren, Larry
  284. Washington, George
  285. Watson, Freddy Lee
  286. Watts, Joseph Lee
  287. Weathers, Dorothy
  288. Weaver, Claude
  289. Weil, Robert
  290. Wells, Samuel B., 1916 2005
  291. Welsh, David
  292. Werner, Peter
  293. White Citizens Councils
  294. White, Don
  295. White, Lee C., 1923
  296. Whites
  297. Wiggins, E. J
  298. Williams, Alvery
  299. Wolff, Henry
  300. X, Malcolm, 1925 1965
  301. Young, Charles
  302. Zellner, Bob

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