usm_crmda_ellin178 ellin178 crmda usm yes Memo, Betty Garman to friends of SNCC, campus contacts and others; October 27, 1964 Robinson, Betty Garman Civil rights demonstrations--Mississippi--McComb Civil rights workers--Mississippi--McComb Discrimination. Arrest--Mississippi--McComb Mississippi Freedom Project. Police misconduct. Political participation. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Voter registration. Robinson, Betty Garman--Correspondence From the Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection; Memo from Betty Garman (Robinson), Northern Coordinator for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), to friends of SNCC, campus contacts and others, dated October 27, 1964. Reports that eighteen civil rights workers are in jail in McComb, Mississippi, and that many others were arrested. Those in jail have remained there in protest to show the lack of involvement on the part of the federal government in the civil rights movement in Mississippi. This memo was sent in an effort to solicit support for a public opinion campaign, including letter writing and telephone chains, for increased participation of the federal government in ensuring the safety of civil rights workers. Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute for Museum and Library Services. Hattiesburg, Miss. : University of Southern Mississippi Libraries University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive Collection (University of Southern Mississippi) 2003-03-18 Memorandums http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,903 Digital reproduction of 3-page document. Box 2, Folder 20, M323 Ellin (Joseph and Nancy) Freedom Summer Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of USM - Historical Manuscripts. Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. Forms part of the Joseph and Nancy Ellin Freedom Summer Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. 1964-10-27 McComb (Miss.) Pike County (Miss.) Copyright protected. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. 20110708 153359