Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7)
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This file consists of reports made by some of the approximately 300 National Council of Churches clergy who visited Mississippi for 1-3 weeks each during Freedom Summer and the autumn afterwards. Several of the clergy point out the similarities between Mississippi and Nazi Germany. The majority of the reports are from Hattiesburg: one report focuses on threats and intimidation toward Hattiesburg and Palmers Crossing civil rights workers in the summer of 1964; another describes the preparation, work, and number of ministers there during Freedom Summer. In an otherwise favorable report, an unidentified married clerical couple visiting Vicksburg criticizes civil rights workers for their lack of gender equality and describes a demographic survey of black households in the Fourth Precinct that took place. There are two Columbus reports, the first of which reiterates a frequent complaint in the reports here and elsewhere that the lack of working vehicles is one of the biggest hindrances to t
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Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
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- Recollection Wisconsin
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- Wisconsin Historical Society
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- Volunteers
Freedom schools
Community centers
Voter registration
Church buildings
Black history
Child care
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
Clergy
Mississippi Student Union
Students
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
Whites
Threats
Intimidation
Host families
Assault and battery
Bombings
Courthouses
Police
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Arrest
Libraries
Public welfare
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964
Police brutality
United States. Department of Justice
Segregation
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Unemployment
Women
Nonviolence
Leadership
Germany
White Citizens councils
Lawyers
Medicine
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Bail
Campbell College
Jackson State College
Boycotts
Mass media
Free Southern Theater
United Nations
Cross burning
Communism
Millsaps College
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Veterans
Clothing and dress
Agriculture
Poverty
Housing
Labor unions
Congress of Racial Equality
Arson
Murder
Indians of North America
Jail experiences
Ku Klux Klan
Madison County Movement (Miss.)
Tougaloo College
Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)
National Lawyers Guild
Teachers
Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
University of Mississippi
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Delta Ministry
Jury
Wages
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Poll tax
Discrimination in employment
Americans for Preservation of the White Race
March Against Fear (James Meredith march)
Black power
Deacons for Defense and Justice
Food drives
Beech, Robert, 1935-2008
Cameron, John, Rev
Plump, Robert
Catalin, John
Clemson, Barry
Wilson, Jean
Thomas, Barbara Ann
Walker, Isaiah
Samuel, Billy Joe
Phillips, Mamie
Owen, David
Lelyveld, Arthur J., 1913-1996
Spears, Lawrence
Hyatt, Marjorie Rose
Crosby, Janet
Werner, Peter
Hartfield, Huston
Patterson, Susan
Jones, William
Smith, Douglas
Taylor, Anne
Boyd, Richard
Anderson, Helen
Whigham, Leona
Yanowitz, Richard
Chaney, James Earl, 1943-1964
Ducksworth, Curtis
Mobley, Howard
Gallatly, Mary Sue
Lofton, Michael
Smith, Tony
Robinson, Virginia
Beaulieu, Anthony
Stoner, Peter
Glenn, Charles
Adams, Victoria Gray, 1926-2006
Gray, Tony
Adickes, Sandra
Gershman, Bennett L
Smith, James
Brown, Charles
Smith, Doris Lee
Gray, Douglas
McIntyre, Kenneth
Hart, Flora
King, Leevater
King, Lucille
Gaddis, Betting
Gaddis, Edwin
Townes, Betty Jean
Kirk, Mary Elizabeth
Kirk, Jeffery
McKinstry, Marvin
Butler, James
Kitchens, Wilmer
Mullvain, Martin
Zaretsky, Malcolm
Gray, Bud
O'Connor, Sheilagh
Cunningham, Phyllis
Seabrook, Luther
Cress, Lorne
Wilson, Christopher
Blum, Jacob
Hawk, Dave
Herring, Hugh
Shaw, Terri
Keyes, Kilmer Estus
Keys, Clifton Archie
Finch, James
Haralson, William
Montague, Frank D., Jr
Patterson, Harold
Ray, Ernie
Innis, Roy
Saunders, Don
Lunt, Harry
Armstrong, Annie Belle
Updegraff, Sue
Kelly, Helen
Horn, Jessie Mae
Harris, Daisy
Henry, Maggie
Tatum, Emma
Connor, Jean
Gould, Emma Lou
Collins, Luther
Wilson, Willie
White, Shirley
Gray, James
Taylor, Eddie
Clark, Theresa
Jackson, Dorothea
Ellis, Don
Miller, Sam
Williams, Richard
Kelsey, Phillip
Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
Lemore, Ben
Johnson, Allen
Brown, Jess
Tharpe, Sidney R
Higgs, William
Stevens, Robert M
Smith, R. L. T. (Robert L. T.)
Hederman, Tom
Thompson, Allen C. (Allen Cavett), 1906-1980
Johnson, Paul B., 1916-1985
King, Edwin H
Wright, Charles
Lowman, Myers
Drain, Pearl
Vivian, C. T
Barnett, Ross R. (Ross Robert), 1898-1987
Hudgins, Douglas
Carter, Hodding
Harvey, Paul
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998
Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Barber, Frank
James, Marshall
Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985
Evers, Charles, 1922
Duncan, F. W. Harvey, Mrs
Fairfax, S. Jean
McKay, Jim
Smith, Cecil
Nussbaum, Perry E
Silver, James W. (James Wesley), 1907-1988
Rayfield, W. D
Fleener, Jackie
Howe, Florence
Dubinsky, Ed
Miller, Jimmy
Andrews, Ray, Mrs
Scutt, James, Mrs
Smith, William
Petersen, Calvin
Petersen, Peggy
Goodman, Andrew, 1943-1964
Schwerner, Michael Henry, 1939-1964
McKenna, Warren H
Polacheck, John
Heininger, Edward K
Ballin, Caroline
Lamb, William G
Byrd, Arthur
McCray, Thomas L
Day, A. Garnett, Jr
Bennett, Fannie
Moses, Robert Parris
Gibson, Count
Greenberg, Sidney
Sokolow, Asa
Meredith, James, 1933
Evers, Medgar Wiley, 1925-1963
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Allen, Mark
Bason, William
Ross, Ralph M
Smith, Harold
Rice, Walter R
Sanderson, M. J
Dimond, Jean
Weber, Susan
Gumbel, Margery
Green, Al
Green, Betsey
Bickel, Bill
Rossman, Vern
Ami, Ben
Harper, Charles H
Bonds, Charles
Hall, Robert T
Gregg, Robert C
Lynd, Theron C
Jellis, Arthur
Crossley, John P., Jr
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
Sikkel, J. Raymond
Thomas, Arthur
Miller, Chet
Bodner, John
Douglass, Lily
Gregory, Dick
Whithead, James T
Bogan, Leslie Eugene
Daniel, Harold L
Fisher, Theo
Frey, Joan
Gumbel, Irving
Hejtmanek, Margaret L
Anderson, Wendy
Dahmer, Vernon Ferdinand, 1908-1966
Crosley, Carolyn
Kietzman, Sally
Lipnick, Jerome
Smith, Bob
Rutgers, Paul H
Myers, Donald
Smith, Jeff
Ward, Donald
Wiegmann, F. W
Lundeen, Mark
Witmer, Loretta M
Grube, Alice
Taylor, Robert
Longwood, Merle
Okland, Ted
Miller, Mark H
Press, Walter S
Scovel, Carl
Kelly, Richard
Hayes, Betty Sue
Danzler, Helen
Curry, A. Stauffer (Abram Stauffer), 1913
Fletcher, Donald R. (Donald Rodgers), 1919
Greer, Robert K
Jones, Melvin
LaRue, Mary Ellen
Windham, V. C
Downey, E. H
Marsh, Clinton M. (Clinton McClurkin), 1916
McCord, Joe
Schwartz, C. Thatcher
Sigler, Richard E
Dotson, Paul R
Smith, Sally
Tompkins, Velma
Totten, F. Norman
Van Voorhis, Don
Moseley, Louise
Moseley, Ed
Alford, Jack
Ross, Fred A
Allen, Louis
Bryant, C. C
Lewis, Wilbert
Bates, Freddie
Bryant, Curtis C., 1917-2007
Andrews, Corrine
McGhee, Nat
Washington, Hugh
Gutter, Booker T
Baker, James
Quinn, Aylene
McCornack, Gene
Pyle, Con
Christie, Bruce D
Reagin, E. J
Cody, John
Daley, Richard J
Williams, Hosea, 1926
Cabb, Grady
Ingram, Suggs
Bozeman, Dwight
Ronander, Albert
Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981
Farmer, James, 1920-1999
Chase, Oscar
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Rowland, Wilmina
Hersey, John, 1914-1993
Lee, Ruby
Pleas, Tim
Pyne, Howard
Connor, John
Duquet, Dorothy
Blalock, Ira
Walters, M. George
Ricks, Willie
McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991
Carmichael, Stokely
Lawson, James M., 1928
Eastland, James Oliver, 1904-1986
Johnson, Irene
Tucker, Mary
McDonald, Rebecca
Davis, Lenard, Mrs
Conley, James
Doss, Ora
Cannon, Bobby
Ford, Bobby
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Hicks, Gussie
Lee, Donny
Schulman, Howard
Higson, Mike
Tyler, Stephen
Ervin, Will
White, Don
Hillegas, Jan
Gillman, Robert
Bernard, Joel
Buffington, John
Brooks, Eddie
Trice, Clifford
Ewen, Stuart
Coleman, Isaac
Schrader, Emmie
Light, Bill
Carver, Ronald
Jones, Jimmie
Bridgeforth, Ron
Mackie, Eddie
Rose, Jannet
Galloway, Amanda
Galloway, Warren
Maurer, Joe
Lee, Arthur
Clippinger, Susie
Green, Dove
Williams, Robert
Cohen, Miriam
Tessaro, George
Wiggins, Joan
Green, Andrew Lee
Dennis, Dave
Werner, Hank
Werner, Judy
Adams, Jane
Gross, Carole
Brown, Sara
Morgan, Karl M
Falk, Gail
Franklin, Jennie
Claywell, Connie Lee
Doss, Eddie Lee
McClinton, David
Freeman, Gladys
Cunningham, Margaret
Wright, Martha
Raimont, Chris
Shideler, Sally
Duncan, Karen
Shupenko, Mary Ann
Buckley, Sears, Jr
Howard, Houston James
Watkins, Hezekiah
Ponder, Preston
Dunjan, Tina
Henderson, Margie
Cocroft, Mason Freeman
Orr, Chris
Benes, Margaret
Prickett, Charles
Orr, Judith
Melish, William Howard, 1910
Packard, Alvin
Glenn, Randy
Tinsley, Richard
Thurmond, Lenora
Morse, Joseph
Clark, Brad
Clark, Louise
Else, Jon
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- Beech, Robert, 1935-2008. Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7). 1964-1965. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/46258. (Accessed April 18, 2024.)
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- Beech, Robert, 1935-2008, (1964-1965) Beech--Ministers' Project volunteers' reports, August 20-December, 1964 (Robert Beech Papers, 1963-1972; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 945, Box 6, Folder 7). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/46258
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- Beech, Robert, 1935-2008. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/46258>.