Belfrage--Location file: Ruleville, 1962-1964 (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 2, Segment 21)

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Charles Cobb, Bobby Talbert, and others' reports on early voter registration attempts--and their consequences--in Ruleville and Sunflower County. A firsthand report of seeing Fannie Lou Hamer and Annell Ponder in jail following their 1963 beatings there. Several informative reports by SNCC researcher Jerry Tecklin: on his interview with Hodding Carter III on the subject of agricultural mechanization and the out-migration of African Americans from Mississippi; on the demographics, politics, and economics of Ruleville, Mississippi; on prominent whites, institutions, and economic demographics in Sunflower and Bolivar counties; on the all-black community of Mound Bayou, Mississippi. A 1964 [?] list of Sunflower County officials. A blank questionnaire form on economic status of Ruleville African Americans. Assorted SNCC press releases on voter registration-related incidents in Ruleville and Sunflower County, including a large mass arrest in Drew, Mississippi. Affidavits concerning in inci

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Belfrage--Location file: Ruleville, 1962-1964 (Sally Belfrage papers, 1962-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 599, Reel 2, Segment 21)

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