SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 8)
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The bulk of this folder is composed of documents relating to Mississippi Freedom Summer; the remainder mainly details the Council of Federated Organizations' day-to-day operations. Highlights include the "Student Voice of True Light" and "Memories of Freedom School", which contain the first-hand accounts of students who participated in these programs.
- Creator
Council of Federated Organizations
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Violence
Intimidation
Arrest
Ku Klux Klan
United States. Department of Justice
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Volunteers
Voter registration
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Police
Police brutality
Jails
Voting
Arson
Bombings
Freedom schools
Education
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Mississippi Student Union
Bail
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Freedom Registration
Freedom Vote
Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Housing
White Citizens councils
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Freedom Singers
Lynching
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Civil rights
Community centers
Tougaloo College
Freedom Day
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1957
Employment
Elections
Harris, Jesse
Zellner, Robert
Schwerner, Rita
Moses, Robert
Henry, Aaron
Smith, Roy
Guyot, Laurence
Donaldson, Ivanhoe
Cobb, Charles
Lynd, Staughton
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Houston, James Monroe
Cameron, John E
Gray, Victoria Jackson
Kennedy, Robert F
Emerson, Ruth
Seeger, Pete
Brown, Joyce
Goodman, Andrew
Chaney, James
Schwerner, Michael
Kirschenbaum, Howard
Ridenour, Ronald
Johnson, Paul B
Eastland, James Oliver
Horwitz, Charles
Maxwell, Bruce
Lorenzi, Susan Sadoff
Devine, Annie
Forman, James
Baker, Ella - Location
- Mississippi; New York; Louisiana; Alabama
Jackson; McComb; Pike County; Hattiesburg; Canton; Philadelphia; Meridian; Columbus; Moss Point; Biloxi; Greenwood; Ruleville; Oakland; Forrest County; Clarksdale; Natchez; Shaw; Issaquena County; Warren County; Holly Springs; Drew; Oxford; Carthage; Gulfport; Greenville; New York; Issaquena County; Lauderdale County; New Orleans; Tchula; Sunflower County; Hinds County; Madison County; Clarke County; Jefferson Davis County; Walthall County; Panonla County; Tallahatchie County; George County; Amite County; Clairborne County; Leflore County; Lowndes County; Pike County; Selma - Type
- text
- Format
- Reports and surveysPamphletsMemorandaNewspaper clippingsCorrespondencePoems
- 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
- 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 8). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/63379. (Accessed March 29, 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 8). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/63379
- MLA citation style
- Council of Federated Organizations. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/63379>.