SAVF-Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) papers (Social Action vertical file, circa 1930-2002; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 577, Box 16, Folder 9)
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This folder is comprised mainly of teaching materials used by volunteers at the Mississippi Freedom Schools. A particular stand out in this regard is the "Something Special: Mississippi Summer Project Recreation Manual." Also included are a number of documents providing statistical, financial, and administrative data on COFO's various projects throughout the summer of 1964.
- Creator
Council of Federated Organizations
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Wisconsin Historical Society
- Subjects
- Voter registration
Freedom Vote
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Communism
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Police
Intimidation
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Jails
Jail experiences
Wages
Economic conditions
Sharecroppers
United States. Department of Justice
Murder
Freedom schools
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.)
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Segregation
Education
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
History
Community centers
Democratic Party (Miss.)
Republican Party (Miss.)
Freedom Day
Freedom rides
Demonstrations
United States Commission on Civil Rights
Housing
Employment
White Citizens councils
John Birch Society
Law
Justice, administration of
Democratic National Convention (1964 : Atlantic City, N.J.)
Ku Klux Klan
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1960
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1957
Federal aid
Declaration of Independence (by Mississippi Freedom Schools students)
Hall, Carsie A
Henry, Aaron E
Forman, James
Farmer, James
Lewis, John
King, Martin Luther, Jr
Wilkins, Roy
Braden, Carl
Moses, Robert
Cobb, Charles
Doar, John
Schwerner, Michael
Goodman, Andrew
Cheney, James
Javots, Jacob
Morley, Hunter
Stennis, John
Eastland, James O
Hamer, Fannie Lou
Houston, James M
Cameron, John E
Gray, Victoria
Goldwater, Barry
Patterson, Robert
Zinn, Howard
Gandhi, Mohandas
Thoreau, Henry David
Kahn, Tom
Smith, Lillian
Barnett, Ross
Evans, Medford
Walker, Edwin A
Wallace, George
Johnson, Paul
Sillers, Walter
Lee, Herbert
Allen, Louis
Harris, John
McLaurin, Charles
White, Thelma
Harrison, Joseph
Page, Deseree
Brown, Joyce
Moore, Amzie - Location
- Mississippi; New York; Kentucky; Alabama; Georgia
Jackson; Clarksdale; Indianola; Hattiesburg; Ruleville; Leflore County; Tallahatchie County; Neshoba County; Greenwood; Holly Springs; Canton; Itta Bena; Carthage; New York City; Columbus; Sunflower County; Belzoni; Clarksdale; Greenville; Holmes County; McComb; Natchez; Meridian; Tougaloo; Rankin County; Hazard; Panola County; Lowdnes County; Bolivar County; Washington County; Issaquena County; Sharkey County; Humphries County; Marshall County; Adams County; Pike County; Amite County; Warren County; Hinds County; Madison County; Lauderdale County; Leake County; Forrest County; Jones County; Harrison County; Jackson County; Clarke County; Jefferson Davis County; Walthall County; George County; Doddsville; Selma; Atlanta; Drew; Moss Point; Vicksburg; Collins; Louisville; Montgomery - Type
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- CorrespondenceNewspaper clippingsReports and surveysPamphletsFlyers and handbillsMemorandaPoemsCurricula
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- 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 9). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/63696. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
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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 9). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/63696
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- Council of Federated Organizations. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15932coll2/id/63696>.