usm_crmda_mz039 mz039 crmda usm yes Letter, Kenneth B. Keating to Israel Zwerling; September 5, 1964 Keating, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Barnard), 1900-1975 Civil rights workers--Mississippi--Clarksdale Mississippi Freedom Project United States. Dept. of Justice Justice, Administration of--Mississippi Mississippi Freedom Project Intervention (Federal government)--Mississippi Civil rights movements--Mississippi Justice and politics Civil rights workers--Crimes against--Mississippi Intervention (Federal government)--Mississippi Intimidation--Mississippi Harassment--Mississippi Legislators--United States Legislators--New York (State) Zwerling, Matthew, 1944- Zwerling, Israel, 1917- From the Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection. <br>Typewritten letter on Congressional letterhead from Senator Kenneth B. Keating to Dr. Israel Zwerling dated September 5, 1964. Keating affirms his support for civil rights workers in Mississippi and his advocacy for their protection by the federal government. He also mentions Zwerling's son, Matthew, a civil rights volunteer in Mississippi during the summer of 1964. 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) 2002-07-18 Letters (correspondence) http://digilib.usm.edu/u?/manu,2310 Digital reproduction of 2-page document. Box 1, Folder 2, M336 Zwerling (Matthew) Freedom Summer Collection, McCain Library and Archives, University of Southern Mississippi Forms part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. Forms part of USM - Historical Manuscripts. Forms part of University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections. Forms part of the Mississippi Digital Library. Forms part of the Matthew Zwerling Freedom Summer Collection in the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. 1964-09-05 Clarksdale (Miss.) Coahoma County (Miss.) Mississippi 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. 20101222 144003 admin