SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 4)
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This folder provides an overview of many of the administrative details concerning the Mississippi Summer Project. Also present are accounts of the violence faced by the volunteers throughout the length of the program.
- Creator
Council of Federated Organizations
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Voter registration
Freedom schools
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Volunteers
Arson
Civil rights
Police brutality
Jails
Bail
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom Day
Violence
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
SNCC
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Community centers
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Moses, Robert
Gray, Victoria
Henry, Aaron
Seeger, Pete
Schwerner, Michael
Goodman, Andrew
Chaney, James
Morris, Jesse
Morey, R. Hunter
Maxwell, Bruce
Cobb, Charles
Lynd, Staughton
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Houston, James Monroe
Cameron, John E
Gray, Victoria Jackson - Location
- Mississippi; Ohio; District of Columbia
Jackson; Philadelphia; Vicksburg; Fayette; Brandon; McComb; Meridian; Clarksdale; Moss Point; Ruleville; Hollandale; Drew; Canton; Collins; Itta Bena; Greenville; Durant; Hattiesburg; Columbus; Clinton; Holmes County; Holly Springs; Belzoni; Batesville; Greenwood; Doddsville; Biloxi; Tchula; Oakland; Gulfport; Tougaloo; Laurel; Shaw; Yazoo City; Browning; Natchez; Starkville; Oxford; Tchula; Milestown; Aberdeen; Tallahatchie; Marigold; Anguilla; Cleveland; Gluckstadt; Indianola; Tupelo; Yellow Springs; Washington - Format
- PamphletsMemorandaStatisticsReports & surveysAffadavitsAffidavit
- 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 The principal organizations have been defunct for many years and copyright to their unpublished records is uncertain.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.
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- Council of Federated Organizations. SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 4). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/62581. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Council of Federated Organizations, SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 4). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/62581
- MLA citation style
- Council of Federated Organizations. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/62581>.