Beech-- Council of Federated Organizations, 1964-1966 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 4, Folder 5)
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- 1963-1965;
- Description
The materials in this folder help document the preparations for Freedom Summer, the living conditions of Mississippi blacks, and some of the internal politics of COFO. It contains information about COFO's history, political program, organizational structure, and its 1963-1965 plans for voter registration, community centers, freedom schools, and the Democratic National Convention (1964)--as well as references to the violence the group encountered. It also includes an analysis of recent laws designed to curb civil rights work passed by the Mississippi State Legislature, the March 1964 plans for a Freedom Day in LeFlore County, an account of his arrest and jail experiences by Rabbi Soloff, several multi-paged lists of white violence from 1960-1964 in Mississippi, "The General Condition of the Mississippi Negro," "The Canton Story," "The Mississippi Delta, Part II," "A Call for Support of the Young Democratic Clubs of Mississippi," a Young Democratic Club newsletter, a "Freedom News" news
- Creator
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Assault and battery
Threats
Intimidation
Clergy
Voter registration
Mississippi Freedom Schools
Community centers
Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
African Americans
Poverty
Church buildings
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Race riots
Lynching
Murder
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Labor unions
Teachers
Agriculture
Communism
National Lawyers Guild
Lawyers
Mass media
Freedom Day
Jails
Volunteers
Freedom Vote
Police brutality
Boycotts
Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
Medicine
Cooperative societies
Moses, Robert Parris
Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010
Chase, Oscar
Robbins, George
Dorrough, Charles M
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Williams, W. C
Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986
Gray, M. Laurel
Soloff, 1927
Williams, Rennie, Mrs
Smith, Frank
Feaver, Eric
Smith, Douglas
Leigh, Sanford
Forman, James, 1928-2005
Harris, Jesse - Location
- Mississippi; New York; Pennsylvania;
Hattiesburg; McComb; Shaw; Cleveland; Jackson; Ruleville; Greenwood; Vicksburg; Meridian; LeFlore County; Canton; Bolivar County; Sunflower County; Natchez; Yazoo City; Madison County; Forrest County; Biloxi; Gulfport; Laurel; Moss Point; Pascagoula; Harlem, New York; Pittsburgh; - Format
- ClippingsLegal documentsMeeting minutesReports and surveysStatisticsFormsCorrespondenceFlyers and handbillsNewslettersPress releasesMemoranda
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Copyright to these documents belongs to the individuals who created them or the organizations for which they worked. The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain. We share them here strictly for non-profit educational purposes. We have attempted to contact individuals who created personal papers of significant length or importance. Nearly all have generously permitted us to include their work. If you believe that you possess copyright to material included here, please contact us at asklibrary@wisconsinhistory.org. Under the fair use provisions of the U.S. copyright law, teachers and students are free to reproduce any document for nonprofit classroom use. Commercial use of copyright-protected material is generally prohibited.
- Chicago citation style
- Beech, Robert, 1935-2008. Beech-- Council of Federated Organizations, 1964-1966 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 4, Folder 5). 1963-1965. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/13300. (Accessed April 20, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Beech, Robert, 1935-2008, (1963-1965) Beech-- Council of Federated Organizations, 1964-1966 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 4, Folder 5). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/13300
- MLA citation style
- Beech, Robert, 1935-2008. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/13300>.