Poor People's Corporation--Correspondence, 1964, Mar. 10-1965, Dec. (Poor People's Corporation records, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, MSS 172 Box 1, Folder 3)
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- 1964-1965;
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This folder contains primarily letters and memos from 1964-1965 regarding research on local industries and the possibility of a variety of cooperatives; on labor unions and employment discrimination; on food and clothing drives and on housing. Clearly, there was a great deal of excitement in the South from African Americans and civil rights workers about ways in which blacks could provide a living for themselves, independent of the local white power structure. And there were groups around the country eager to buy wares that they might produce. An excited letter from newly arrived volunteer Ellen Maslow is here as is Richard Jewett's June 1965 letter resigning as treasurer of the Poor People's Corporation. There are letters about the incorporation papers for the Poor People's Corporation and about the possibility of extending the organization into Alabama and other southern states. There's an interesting letter of July 11, 1965, in which a New York backer of the Poor People's Corporatio
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Poor People's Corporation
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Labor unions
Segregation
Economic conditions
Discrimination in employment
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Cooperative societies
Agriculture
Food drives
War on Poverty
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Freedom schools
Voter registration
Clothing and dress
National Sharecroppers' Fund (U.S.)
Quilting
Mississippi Freedom Labor Union
Housing
Delta Ministry
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.)
Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
Congress of Racial Equality
Africa
Community centers
Unemployment
Head Start programs
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ku Klux Klan
Poor People's Corporation
Morris, Jesse
Cohen, Miriam
Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986
Hill, Herbert
Carter, Robert L., 1917-2012
Taylor, Hobart
White, Joseph L
Maslow, Ellen
Voorhis, Jerry, 1901-1984
Sekerak, Emil
Kurland, Norman G
Treusch, Karen
Moses, Robert Parris
Dreyer, Stan
Doyle, Bill
Muste, Abraham John, 1885-1967
Rosenzweig, Ben
Seese, Linda
Theisen, Ray
Morton, Eric
Wheeler, Doris
Battiste, John
Redding, Louis L
Shipp, Lou Emma
Keys, Mary Louise
Douglas, Clementine
Mitchell, H. L
Wasserman, Jac
Setti, Leon A
Jewett, Richard A
Hopkins, Harry
Karsten, Karl
Holder, Susannah
Holder, Elmo
Heggen, Arne
Marqusee, John
Angell, Stephen L
Horton, Myles, 1905-1990
Edmonston, Dave
Else, John
Stavis, Morton
House, Stuart
Smith, Scott B
Schiff, M
Hayden, Tom
Chamberlin, Bob
Schaflander, Gerald
Heft, Donald
Block, Samuel
Lane, Mary
Kaslo, Greg
Lowery, Fred
Thomas, Arthur
Morton, Jack
Browne, C. Conrad
Fields, Edgar
Barnes, David H
Strickland, William, 1937
Kytle, Calvin
Collins, Leroy
Anderson, R. J
Hobbs, Cleophus
Peters, Stevens
Brantley, Marshall, Jr
Orr, Ruby L
Redmond, Mary
McAlpine, Tom
Gonzo, Collin
Seed, Philip
Johnson, Louise
Cook, L. C
Klein, Monica
Triplett, Perry
Chandler, Maggie B
Barnes, Andrew
Flynn, Tom
Danforth, Art
Ihlenfeldt, Chuck
Hutt, George
McNabb, Marilyn
Janke, Tim
Reznick, Sandra
Cattan, Andy
Opton, Edward M. (Edward Milton), 1936
Tappeiner, Kathy
Charles, Hal
Poole, Lee C
Rogers, Mildred
Coleman, Mary
Lenior, Lady B
Miner, Jennings, Mrs
Totten, Bernice
Garman, Betty
Scruggs, J. E
White, Frank S. W
Miller, Michael
Schon, Ellen
Graham, Beatrice
Derby, Doris Adelaide
Rudnick, Sandra
Bracker, Nan
Mazursky, Betty
Lester, Kathie
Saylan, Gertrude
Weinberger, Eric
Kolt, Lillian
Schaum, Barbara
Holliday, Oberia
Shaw, Mildred
Dewberry, Dorothy
Foner, Laura
Thrasher, Sue
Brown, Hettie
Keen, Pat
Kushner, Samuel H., Mrs
Leland, Wilfred C
Maslow, Will
Pilcher, P
Wilson, Ora D
Ripler, Alberta
Tillinghast, Muriel
Brown, Wilson
Shaw, Donald
Kocel, Martha
Furnace, Charles
Strong, Robert
Willis, Lillie
Lederer, Sidonie K
Adams, Frank T
Felson, Sima
Aasen, Joyce
Hutchinson, Bill
Geiger, Henry
Vaughs, Cliff
Bernard, Jacqueline
Hartmann, Judy
Haley, Richard
Sellers, Nettie - Location
- Mississippi; California; Maryland; Illinois; North Carolina; Alabama; New York; New Jersey; Tennessee; South Carolina; Indiana; Oregon; Connecticut; Washington; Texas; Michigan; Arkansas; Washington, D.C.; Massachusetts; Florida; Vermont; Georgia; Louisiana
Jackson; Hattiesburg; Palmer's Crossing; Holmes County; Belzoni; Coila; Lexington; Gulfport; Greenwood; Quitman; Winstonville; McComb; Tribbitt; Prairie; Holly Springs; Ruleville; Tchula; Shelby; Rosedale; Mileston; Indianola; Hazelhurst; Sharkey County; Leland; Anguilla; Batesville; Moss Point; Edwards; Berkeley; Los Angeles; Beltsville; Cambridge; Chicago; Asheville; Durham; Selma; Hayneville; Sumpter; Lowndes County; Hale County; New York; Whitestone; Corona; Newark; Knoxville; Nashville; Jasper County; Richmond; Portland; Bethany; Seattle; Wichita Falls; Detroit; Gould; Boston; Holmes City; Plainfield; Atlanta; Saint Helena Parish; Washington Parish; - Format
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- English
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- Poor People's Corporation. Poor People's Corporation--Correspondence, 1964, Mar. 10-1965, Dec. (Poor People's Corporation records, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, MSS 172 Box 1, Folder 3). 1964-1965. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/31799. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Poor People's Corporation, (1964-1965) Poor People's Corporation--Correspondence, 1964, Mar. 10-1965, Dec. (Poor People's Corporation records, 1960-1967; Archives Main Stacks, MSS 172 Box 1, Folder 3). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/31799
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