Clay, Rosa

Authoritative Name:

Clay, Rosa

Biography:

Rosa Clay was an active participant in the civil rights movement in her hometown of Canton, Mississippi and throughout the state. In 1964 Clay attended a training workshop for COFO volunteers in Oxford, Ohio. The following year Clay attempted to desegregate a nurses training program at a hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.

Associated Subjects:

Clay, Rosa

Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

5 items in 2 collections (expand all)

CORE--Fund Raising (COFO, CORE) - Correspondence and memoranda, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 43)

Creator:: Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Madison County programs (CORE, COFO, MFDP) - Memoranda, 1964-1965 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 3, Segment 64)

Creator:: Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:: 1964/1965
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

CORE--Volunteers: Lists and applications, Summer 1964 (Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi 4th Congressional District Records, 1961-1966; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 793, Reel 4, Segment 95)

Creator:: Congress of Racial Equality. Mississippi, Fourth Congressional District
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:: Wisconsin Historical Society

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Rosa Clay (center), Mrs. Robinson (right) and an unidentified African American woman during a training session for COFO volunteers in Oxford, Ohio, 1964

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission photograph of Rosa Clay (right), Mrs. Robinson (center) and an unidentified African American woman during a training session for COFO volunteers in Oxford, Ohio, 1964

Creator:: Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
Date of Original:: 1964
Collection:: Sovereignty Commission Online
Contributing Institution:: Mississippi. Department of Archives and History

Clay, Rosa

Freedom Summer Digital Collection

Sovereignty Commission Online