CORE--Reports on projects (weekly by staff) - 1964 March-1965 Sept. for Camden, Canton, Gluckstadt, Pleasant, Green, Valley View, federal programs, freedom schools, political programs (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 82)
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1964-1965 weekly and daily reports from many Madison County civil rights sites dominate this folder, providing a truly grassroots view of the daily work and frustrations of civil rights workers. Among the most interesting material are lists of the amounts of food and clothing sent to the South from the North to help people who had been fired from their jobs due to their involvement with the civil rights movement; descriptions of activities in freedom schools during their opening days; stories told by African Americans being canvassed for voter registration; completed voter canvassing forms; lists of freedom school students; reports on Farmers' League activities and attempts to maintain an African-American Chamber of Commerce; thefts from the Canton Freedom House and security precautions not being followed; the preparations that went into a Madison County Freedom Day Rally; testing restaurants, hotels, and parks after passage of the Civil Rights Act to see whether they would serve Afri
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Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
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- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Freedom Day
Voter registration
Courthouses
Threats
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Clergy
United States. Department of Justice
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mass media
Police
Students
Boycotts
Intimidation
Arrest
Jail experiences
Unemployment
Food drives
Clothing and dress
Church buildings
Congress of Racial Equality
Freedom schools
Mississippi Student Union
Teachers
Black history
Federal aid
Agriculture
Employment
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Labor unions
Housing
Medicine
Social classes
Poll tax
Libraries
Host families
Sheriffs
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Freedom Singers
Music
Community centers
Nonviolence
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
White Citizens councils
Communism
Arson
Bombings
Tougaloo College
Lawyers Constitutional Defense Committee (U.S.)
Madison County Movement (Miss.)
Elections
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Public welfare
Segregation
Education
Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
War on Poverty
Leadership
Migration, internal
United States Commission on Civil Rights
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Republican National Convention (1964)
Sewing
Cooperative societies
Head Start programs
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965
Ku Klux Klan
Green, Andrew Lee
Reed, Maree
Smith, Earl
Chambers, Susie
Chambers, Grannie
Dennis, Dave
Hall, Carsie A
Chinn, C. O
Smith, Scott B
McNair, Landy
Campbell, L. Foote
Cox, W. Harold (William Harold), 1901
Raymond, George
Jewett, Richard A
Newman, John
Watts, Joseph Lee
Byrd, Marcellus
Hewitt, Theodis
Palmer, Hattie
Hawthorne, Grace
Williams, Joe
Foner, Thomas
Gabel, David
Sandidge, Milton H
Gilman, Robert
Robinson, Jo Ann, 1942
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Noble, Bill
Sanford, Sue
Cooper, Nancy
Watts, Sandra
Wright, Nancy Louise
Schwartz, Richard
Piore, Michael J
Calma, Jacques Michael
Anderson, Sharon
Carney, Bill
Pickett, Milton
Wright, Martha
Mays, James
Morey, R. Hunter, 1940
Ramsay, Claude
Robinson, Wilbert
Harper, L. Alexander
Flemming, Larry
Cooper, Ernie
Smith, Fred
Green, Johnnie
Cotton, Ivy
Sutton, Arthur
Slaughter, Annie
Green, Dorothy
Van Buren, Johnnie Ruth
Pierce, Ot
Van Buren, Dorothy
Wood, Daniel
Bishop, Gloria
Brisker, E. J., Jr
Sharp, Philip W
Dawson, Herman O
Singleton, Celia
Kennedy, Thomas
Washington, Frank
Keesecker, Joseph
Stuart, Sam
Chaffey, Lovey
Tompkins, Natalie
Taylor, N. E
Sanders, James
Brown, Susie
Leiber, Sara
Steward, Ruth
Shideler, Sally
Zimmerman, Paul
Porter, Than
Corwin, Ronald
Simon, Barbara
Benes, Margaret
Jervis, Nancy
Lombard, Rudy
Duncan, Karen
Levine, Madeline
Abramson, Joan
Levine, Steven
Prickett, Kay
Nelson, Karol Kay
Vaughan, Ed
Metz, Mabel
Devine, Annie
Moody, Anne, 1940
Williams, Mattie
Chute, Virginia
Gunn, Margaret
Saddler, Thelma
Holly, Earl
Bock, Arlene
Ohls, James
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Adams, Jane
Moore, Claude
Brown, Rachel
Cummings, Peter
Sobieski, James
Johnson, George
Harris, William
Hollinger, Perry
Taylor, Clarence
Perry, Eula B
Orr, Eric
Weil, Frank
Williams, Otha
Morris, Jesse
Crawford, Eartiss James
Hardy, J. H
Spivey, E. C
Gross, Carole
Rainone, Chris
Shupenko, Mary Ann
Cunningham, Margaret
McGroarty, Mary
Bolden, Jimmy
Stovall, Pinkie
Orr, Judith
Allen, D. M
Johnson, Frederick
Denison, Dave
Axelrod, Robert
Howard, Houston James
Bennett, James
Silas, Betty Jean
Sutton, James
Ferguson, Joe
Washington, George
Saunders, James
Thompson, Daniel C. (Daniel Calbert)
Thomas, Chester
Vincent, Jake
Dial, Amos
Forsyth, William H
Hodges, Robert R
Leach, Guy
Telles, Larry
Dowell, Amos
Parker, Joe
Smith, Jerome
Reed, Elvin
McClenty, Henry
Chinn, Clarence
Prickett, Charles
Cauthen, Jack
Leddy, Sam
Smith, Jack E
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Buckley, Sears, Jr
Anderson, James
Freeman, Gladys
Evans, Myrtis
Collier, James
Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-2012
Evans, Ruby
Nichols, Rusie
Baldwin, Lizzie
McRee, J. F
Rouser, Samuel
Wasserman, Jac
Edelman, Marian Wright
Birkhead, Kenneth
Ramsey, Tom
Chinn, Junior
Small, Julia Mae
Jackson, Stella
Esco, Jack
Hamblin, Roosevelt
Kennedy, J. P
Smith, Johnnie Lee
McCullough, Will
Fusco, Liz
Hampton, Judy
Luckett, Robert
Fleming, Percy
Van Buren, Howard
Kelvin, Harold
Luckett, Peter
Branson, William
Rich, Marvin
Farmer, James, 1920-1999
Lee, Henry
Hayden, Casey
Young, Jack
Smith, Charles
Owens, R. C
Schaars, Marvin A
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Bouldin, Robert Lee
Bouldin, Benny Lou
Bouldin, Bea
Bouldin, Earnest
Williams, James
Murphy, Angie Bell
Nichols, James
Evans, Wish
Williams, Hayes
Brown, Sam
Nichols, Catherine
Rowen, Steve
Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985
Taylor, Charles
De Lott, Elaine
Hollander, Edward S
Haley, Richard
Phipps, Leon
Haller, Tom
Lepper, Mark
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
Catchings, Albert
Goodloe, James
Velver, Louise
Bromberg, Charney V
Jalbert, George
Zimmerman, G. Dean
Finger, Gregory H
Langford, Ida Robideau
Noble, Madge
Coleman, J. P. (James Plemon), 1914-1991
Noble, Gus
Lindsay, John V. (John Vliet)
Freeman, Wilbur
Edwards, Don
Packard, Pat
Green, Ola Mae
Nichols, Gertie Lee
Nichols, Samuel
Evans, Finch
Maxson, Suzanne
Walls, Josephine
Evans, Louise
Walker, Prentiss, 1917-1998
Matthews, L. Stanley
Dearon, Senny
Ware, Stokes
Hucks, Lonus
Saling, Rick
Christensen, Kenner
Philips, J. D
Kamens, Al
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
King, Edwin H
Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969 - Location
- Mississippi; Washington, D.C.;
Camden; Canton; Gluckstadt; Pleasant Green; Valley View; Madison County; Hattiesburg; Greenwood; Jackson; Leake County; Sharon; Meridian; Flora; Monroe County; Humphreys County; Rankin County; Madisonville; Fannin; Sand Hill; Brandon; Holly Springs; Batesville; Scott County; Sharpsburg; - Format
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