Stromquist--Mississippi Freedom Project background information, 1964 (Shelton Stromquist papers, 1963-1978; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 641, Box 1, Folder 3)
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This folder opens with an article by Howard Zinn about the jailhouse beating of Oscar Chase. It goes on to include a 24-hour incident summary of violent events in Mississippi on June 24, 1964 and on July 26-31, 1964; a memo to parents of Freedom Summer volunteers asking them to ask their elected officials to provide federal protection for civil rights workers and to support the seating challenge at the Democratic National Convention; a letter from a parents' organization soliciting volunteers' letters for book publication; a reprint of a speech by Russell H. Barrett about the obstacles to African-American voting deliberately put in place by Mississippi legislators; a memo on the Mississippi summer project; a couple of lists of materials needed for Mississippi civil rights work; a partial list of volunteers; "Some Provisions for Federal Prosecution of Civil Rights"; a list of project assignments (from volunteer orientation?); a pretty complete list of tentative Freedom Summer project as
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Stromquist, Shelton, 1943
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Assault and battery
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Lawyers
Freedom Day
Arrest
Voter registration
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Jails
Veterans
Police brutality
Church buildings
Bombings
Arson
Threats
Intimidation
Congress of Racial Equality
Demonstrations
Volunteers
Parents
Lynching
Murder
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Clergy
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Literacy tests (election law)
Food drives
Clothing and dress
Poor
Poverty
Mississippi Freedom Schools
Community centers
Whites
Free Southern Theater
Communism
Unemployment
Voting
Teachers
Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Tougaloo College
Segregation
Mississippi Student Union
Boycotts
Nonviolence
Freedom Vote
Mass media
Schools
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963 : Washington, D.C.)
Ku Klux Klan
Chase, Oscar
Zinn, Howard, 1922-2010
Pratt, John
Lunney, Robert
Moses, Robert Parris
Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985
Hansen, William
Frey, Richard
Allen, Ralph W., 1941-2005
Chatfield, Jack
Zellner, Bob
Williams, James
Wells, Samuel B., 1916-2005
King, Marion, 1932-2007
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Ponder, Annell
Thomas, Morton
LePaul, Eddie
Smith, Scott B
Kirschenbaum, Howard
Ridenour, Ron
Tarvin, Marion
Helms, Grace
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Bernard, Jacqueline
Bryant, Charles
Bryant, Charles, Mrs
Forman, James, 1928-2005
Miles, Robert
Howard, David
Greer, Robin
Hamer, Donald
Allen, John
Harbison, Richard
Praetz, Peter
Schwartz, Richard
Rimmer, Steve
Monnie, Bill
Harris, Dorothy
Piore, Michael J
Carney, Bill
McGhee, Silas
McGhee, Jake
King, Edwin H
Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006
Douglas, Paul
Coleman, George
Kaphan, Boardman
Wheelwright, Farley
Belson, Julius
Milford, Richard
Scott, A. E
Samstein, Mendy
MCClellan, Thompson
Barrett, Russell H
Phillips, Rubel L
Wernert, Lisa
Van Horne, Holly
Thomas, Patrick
Stromquist, Howard Shelton
Steele, Jonathan
Singer, Elaine
Riley, David
Popkin, Ann Hunter, 1945
Handke, Jan
Gould, Richard
Gordon, Emily
Dunlap, Bryan
Davis, Judy
Chaiklin, Henry
Cowan, Paul
Cronin, Mary Jo
Hochschild, Adam
O'Brien, Fran
Moon, Beverly Ann
Lukas, Margo
Ickes, Harold
Hunter, John
Hindman, Neil
Bailey, P. Roberts, III
Arguimbcu, Ellon
Alexander, Lyn
Johnson, Roger
Katz, Joel
Johnson, Willie
Johnson, Amos
Ferguson, Johnny
Bell, Emma
Smith, Frank
White, Don
Austin, Jerry
Blue, Willie
Carter, Melvin
Bridgeforth, Ron
Coleman, Isaac
Glushakow, Bruce
Galloway, Warren
Lavelle, Robert
Sellers, Cleveland, 1944
Rubin, Larry, 1942
Donaldson, Ivanhoe
Jones, Pamela
Gillon, Gwendolyn
Barker, Andrea
Morrison, Jim
Davies, Jon
Trimble, David
Kunstler, Karin
Shettlesby, John
Fraser, Steve
Pomerance, Carl
Cieciorka, Frank
Murphy, Joseph
Strand, John
Williams, Chris
Berry, Elwood
Cowan, Geoffrey
Cox, Courtland, 1942
Lewis, John
Howard, Ruth
Shaw, Willie
Brown, Bambi
Hodes, William
Klein, Paul
Masters, Robert
Moore, Philip
Paul, John Lyon
Kornfield, Carol
Torkington, Roy Bernard, 1940
Klein, Daniel
Watkins, Hollis, 1941
Green, Freddy
Zaretsky, Eli
Mathews, Carol
Garner, Albert
Wilson, Doris
Carmichael, Stokely
Garman, Betty
Hughes, Matthew
Lane, Mary
Zellner, Dorothy M
McGhee, Willie
Richardson, Judy
Tillinghast, Muriel
Weaver, Claude
Davis, Jesse
Anderson, Fred
Grant, Louis
Wright, Robert E
Trottman, Pam
Cobb, Charles E., Jr
Benton, Larry
Allen, Adrian
Cantor, Leon
Lockshin, Larry
Mayer, Ann
Montgomery, Albert
Jones, James
Surney, Lafayette
Newman, Doris
Avery, Connie
Mandel, Lisa
Mandel, Robert
Newbery, Robert
Suter, John W
Zwerling, Matthew
Siegel, Sanford
Stewart, Charles
Harris, John
Rogers, Lois
Block, Margaret
Bradford, John
McLaurin, Charles
Block, James
Archibald, Lawrence
Burr, Peter
Fetty, S. Getty
Fone, Thomas
Galt, Lester
Robbins, George
Richards, Ron
Sachar, Jeffrey
Yarrow, C. H. Mike
Schwarz, Gretchen
Smith, Joseph
Winter, George
Dann, James
Scattergood, Charles
Edwards, Len
Suarez, Matteo
Moses, Dona Richards
Bundy, John
Acorn, Jeff
Lynch, Jim
Lynch, Jim, Mrs
Pate, Karen
Tranquilli, Joseph
Baines, Andrew
Heideman, Neal
Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
Kates, James
Patrice, Thomas
Schiffrin, Andrew
Harris, Jesse
Cotton, MacArthur
Green, George
Everett, Sherry
Walker, Pat
Amundson, Bruce
Bingham, Stephen, 1942
Garofolo, Robert
Graham, Benjamin
Johnson, Les
Kendall, David
Kenney, Michael
Norall, Peter
Llorens, David
Savio, Mario
Hughes, Cephus
Ganz, Marshall, 1943
Harrison, Joe
Fullilove, Robert
Anderson, Wayne
Osman, Robert David
Orriss, Peter
Wilson, Edwin
Hewitt, Theodis
McNair, Landy
Collier, James
Raymond, George
Palmer, Hattie
Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
Bender, Rita L
Ponder, Preston
Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964
Green, Andrew Lee
Baty, Douglas
Brown, Virginia
Ehrenreich, Robert
Gerould, Pamela
Hocker, Philip
Keesecker, Joseph
Ohls, James
Sharp, Peggy
Zimmerman, G. Dean
Shippee, John
Kotz, David
Forsyth, William H
Guyot, Lawrence, 1939-2012
Flowers, Dick
Smith, Douglas
McDonald, Billy
McGroarty, Mary
Banks, Mary
Wheeler, Jean
Glenn, Charles
Martin, Willie
Bailey, Henry
Hancock, Milton
Kline, Yvonne
Owen, David
Neely, Fred
Tessaro, George
Sitzer, Lewis
Beaulieu, Anthony
Stelzer, Leigh
Miller, Steve
Lake, Ellen
Landerman, Lawrence
Schein, Ruth
Kaplan, Sherwin
McKenna, Warren H
Poulard, Grady
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Corson, James
Roe, Richard
Else, John
Valencourt, Roy
Wahman, Thomas
Sarachild, Kathie
Flannigan, Dennis
Garrett, Lee
Goodner, Allen Thomas
Gronemeier, Dale
Harris, Matt
Herney, Louise
Ingraham, Michael
McWorter, Gerald A
Rose, Margaret
Ward
Sawyer, John
Shaw, Terri
Teal, Dorothy
Wolf, David
Young, Carl
Cunningham, Robert
Aason, Jon
Boyd, S
Brown, J
Cade, Cathy, 1942
Ericksen, Eugene
Hamilton, M. W., 1909-1990
Hogan, Valerie
McKay, Marianne
Palmer, B
Tecklin, Jerry
Wasow, Bernard
Bailey, Bob
Farnum, Eric
Guerrero, Gene
Henderson, M
Hill, Lon Clay
Matthews, Maryka
Pardun, Robert
Parkman, Johnny
Schiffer, Judy
Strickland, John
Tiberiis, Douglas
Waddell, Michael
Whitman, Grenville
Berger, R
Catalin, John
Gabel, D. G
Howell, Donna
Jervis, Nancy
Keahey, Lisa
Mark, Brian
Nance, James
Perkins, Edna
Richter, Edward
Steide, John H
Stevenson, John
Waters, Walter
Vivell, Diane
Adams, Jane
Benner, Charles J
Doar, John, 1921
Marshall, Burke, 1922
Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Tillow, Walter
Duberman, Martin
Moses, Gilbert
O'Neal, John, 1940
Hamlett, Ed, 1939
Mitchell, Francis
Herron, Matt, 1931
Gerber, David
Brown, Willie
Brown, James
Heininger, Edward K
Polacheck, John
Thaggard, A. L
O'Connor, Claire
Lingo, Al
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Wright, Morris
Moore, Ayrie
Quinn, Aylene
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Thompson, Allen C. (Allen Cavett), 1906-1980
Morton, Eric
Morris, Jesse
Rust, Andy
Sirianos, George
Sills, Murray
King, Henry
Thomas, Eddie
Summers, Frank H
Melish, William Howard, 1910-, 1910
Hunter, Bill
Hunter, Henry
Vaughan, Jim
Duncombe, Dave
Mittlefeldt, Vicky
Henry, Aaron, 1922-1997
Garner, Artis
Wilmore, Gayraud S
Smith, Elwyn
Pierson, Robert
Rollins, Metz
Oliver, Herbert
Bishop, Ernestine
Sweeney, Dennis
Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
Bowie, Harry
Green, Edith, 1910-1987
Williams, Cephus
Hanson, Bruce
Mikesell, Barbara
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
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